On November 1, rock climber ever to free climb The Nose on El Capitan in a day, joining Tommy Caldwell, Connor Herson, and Lynn Hill. In free climbing, climbers can only use their own body to propel them upwards鈥攔opes are only there for protection. Moss, 20, told 国产吃瓜黑料 what it was like.听

The final 12.c pitch on The Nose was causing me problems. I had fallen four times. The sun had come out, it was a cloudless California sky, and I was getting really hot.

I untaped my finger and went for it a fifth time. I made it through one move and had to grab a crimp, which felt extremely sharp. I got my left foot elevated, which forced me to crimp even harder. I felt the skin on my finger split.

I looked over and my finger was bleeding everywhere. Luckily, I had tape in my pocket. I was standing on this tiny flake in the middle of the pitch. I stopped, grabbed the tape, and wrapped it around my bloody finger. Blood was leaking everywhere, but the tape helped, and I managed to make it through the hardest part.

I enjoy doing climbs you can complete in just one day, because you don’t have to haul your gear and deal with that. And the Nose is so special鈥攊t is stacked with 30 of the best pitches in the world. These would all be five-star pitches at any other crag, and to be able to do them one right after the other sounded amazing.

And yeah, I wanted to be up there with the other climbers who have done it, alongside the legends. But really, it was about wanting to have an insanely fun day.

I was sleeping in my Honda CRV when my alarm went off at about 11:30 P.M. I ate breakfast, got dressed, and met Tanner Wanish in the El Capitan meadow. We walked to the base of El Cap and scrambled up to the start at about 1:15 A.M. We were the only ones there. I got some music going on my phone鈥擨 think it was some classic rock鈥攁nd did the countdown.

For the first five pitches I would climb the rope length, pull our gear through, and fix Tanner. I would start climbing the next pitch as he was coming up, so we’d be moving at the same time. We made really fast time and got to Dolt Tower at about 3 A.M. That’s when we realized just how crowded the mountain was.

There were two different sleeping parties on the ledge, and more above. We kept going past Camp IV to the Great Roof (pitch No. 1 of 31) and saw even more groups sleeping. It was the most crowds I’d ever seen on El Cap.

It took three and a half hours to get to the base of the Great Roof, which is almost two-thirds of the way to the top. Since we were so ahead of schedule, we chilled and ate breakfast.

I had gotten this far a few days earlier, but the rock was wet from a rainstorm, and I didn’t make it to the top. On that ascent, my skin was wrecked by the time I got to the Great Roof. But this time, my skin was feeling incredible and the rock was dry. My forearms were tired鈥擨 had throbbing that wasn’t going away. I wasn’t feeling great, but I was feeling confident.

We were climbing past a lot of aide climbing parties. They were stoked to see us, and we got a lot of cheers.

The first 5.11 crack we hit was wet. I was cold and my feet were getting numb. I threw a hard move down at the beginning of the Great Roof and I fell. It wasn’t great. But Tanner told me I’d get it the next time. I rested a bit and then things went much better.

The next few pitches weren’t too bad. The Glowering Spot, another pitch, felt hard and insecure. Another aid party was there, and there were two ropes that were dangling down, which complicated things a bit. I had to climb around some bags.

We had to wait at the pitch Changing Corners for an aide climber to get through. We got there at around 10 A.M. and I wanted to get going, because I knew it would get the sun on it around 11:30 A.M.

The crowds made things a little stressful. Belays were more complicated, and they added a higher level of nervousness because we were trying to stay on a tight time schedule.

In the end we got really lucky. Yeah, we had to climb through the ropes of other parties. But everyone we encountered was chill. People were nice and let us pass.

I sent Changing Corners on the first try. It was all going so well. We got to the base of the final push at around 10 hours and 15 minutes.

I thought, I’ll free the Nose and then do Freerider in the same day.听My friend, Andrew, began texting friends asking if anyone would climb Freerider with me. But then, on that final 12.c pith, I fell four times.

I love climbing with music. I just play it on my phone speakers in my pocket. Whenever I start to struggle, I think I probably need to change the playlist.听

I played classic rock until the Glowering Spot, and then I threw on Michael Jackson. I sent the Great Roof to Smooth Criminal.听After that, I put on a rock playlist with Tyler the Creator and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

After I fell on the final hard pitch, I threw on Katy Perry. That’s what I play when things are getting desperate, and to be honest, her music had worked in hard spots a few times before.

I played Last Friday Night听补苍诲听California Girls.听And I did it.

When I got to the top, I was so tired. I realized I didn’t have it in me to do听Freerider.听

We were at 11 hours and 48 minutes. It was great. I called my dad and my girlfriend and told them I’d done it.

As told to Frederick Dreier. This interview was edited for space and content.

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A photographer, writer, and digital creator based in Nashville, Tennessee, Caziah Franklin is an overlanding evangelist. 鈥淚 realized it combined my passion for adventure, photography, being on the road, climbing, cycling鈥攁ll of it,鈥� he says. Over time, Franklin has developed a reputation for both his photography and his skill with a vehicle, which is why he was a top pick for the . Ford assembled a crew of adventure pros, including Franklin, to experience the TransAmerica Trail, a 5,900-mile route that crosses 13 states and some of the best hiking, camping, biking, climbing and paddling areas in the country. The adventure pros joined the convoy at key locations in Utah and Colorado and found the route delivers plenty of action鈥攂ehind the wheel and on the ground.

Franklin didn鈥檛 hesitate at the invitation, and he teamed up fellow adventurer Andrew Muse for some off-roading and classic crack-climbing in Moab, Utah. Learn more about and how you can easily follow this under-the-radar route.

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The National Park Service (NPS) wants everyone to know that it does not take kindly to BASE jumping inside Yosemite National Park.

Over the course of eight days, the NPS released two detailed reports highlighting its dogged pursuit of illegal BASE jumpers in the California park.

On October 31, officials at Yosemite National Park published the account of a BASE-jumping bust that had occurred two days prior. The report, , said that a parachutist staged an illegal jump near El Capitan.

The culprit was caught, the NPS said.

“Thanks to the quick reaction, coordination, and sharp observations of visitors and rangers, the individual was located and cited for illegal air delivery,” the release stated.

The news update followed a that the NPS published on October 24. That release announced the recent convictions of three different BASE jumpers, all of whom had staged illegal jumps inside the park in recent years. The release included details of each court case:

On September 16, a California court sentenced Christopher Durrell to 18 months of probation, $600 in fines, and 40 hours of community service after he was cited for a jump that occurred on July 15, 2024.

Also on September 16, a California court sentenced David A. Nunn to 2 days in jail, 12 months of probation, $760 in fines, and $458.77 in restitution fees for a jump that occurred on July 21, 2020. According to the release, Nunn collided with the rock wall on El Capitan after his equipment malfunctioned.

On October 7, a court sentenced Joshua Iosue to 2 days in jail, 24 months of probation, and $2,510 in fines for an illegal jump that occurred on July 15, 2024.

In a statement, Yosemite National Park Superintendent Raymond McPadden added that rangers “do not tolerate illegal activity in Yosemite National Park.”

鈥淥ur law enforcement rangers remain efficient, effective, and vigilant 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,” McPadden added. “These convictions demonstrate the professionalism and dedication of Yosemite鈥檚 protection team in upholding federal regulations and ensuring the safety of both visitors and first responders.”

The two announcements come just two weeks after multiple news reports called attention to illegal BASE jumps occurring in Yosemite National Park amid the federal shutdown. Just one week after the federal government shut down听on October 1, reported that visitors to Yosemite were engaging in illegal and dangerous activity, including BASE jumping from El Capitan and climbing the cables up Half Dome without permits.

鈥淚t鈥檚 like the Wild Wild West,鈥� John DeGrazio, founder of a local tour company, told the outlet. The story kicked off similar stories in outlets, 颈苍肠濒耻诲颈苍驳听国产吃瓜黑料.听

鈥淚s it any more legal right now? No, not at all,鈥� Elisabeth Barton, co-founder of a guiding company called Echo 国产吃瓜黑料 Cooperative, told The New York Times. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e just less likely to get caught, or at least there鈥檚 that assumption.鈥�

That assumption may not be valid鈥攁t least, according to the NPS press releases. In both statements, the NPS reminded readers that BASE jumping is explicitly forbidden in U.S. national parks under a rule titled 36 CRF 2.17(a)(3).

“Despite this long-standing prohibition, a small number of individuals continue to engage in illegal jumps each year, often placing themselves, rescuers, and other visitors at serious risk,” the agency said.

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Yosemite Search and Rescue saved a climber who had fallen off , a 3,000-foot vertical rock formation known for its sheer face and challenging climbing routes. Rescuers deployed a specialized technique to save the injured climber on October 20.

Neither the climber’s name nor their condition has been released.

Responders used what鈥檚 known as the toss-across rescue technique, a precision, high-angle rescue maneuver designed by Yosemite rescue personnel in the early 2000s, specifically to help climbers stranded on rock faces.

A video posted by the rescue team shows a California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter used to insert a National Park Service rescuer on El Capitan.

CHP flight officer and responding paramedic Noe Gonzales told that the technique is specific to Yosemite, and it鈥檚 unknown if it鈥檚 conducted anywhere else.

This is how it works: A helicopter is used to insert a rescue ranger on the cliff face above the stranded climber. A weighted beanbag, which helps in high-wind situations, is then attached to a line that鈥檚 tossed to the injured climber. The climber can use this line as a lead that can attach to and pull a stronger rope to them that can then be connected to their rescue equipment.听

High winds initially delayed the operation, requiring the helicopter to make multiple trips to the wall until it was deemed safe to continue.

鈥淩anger McGahey provided emergency medical care and coordinated the helicopter evacuation from the wall. Thanks to the team鈥檚 swift response and expertise in high-angle rescue, the injured climber received urgent surgical care and is now recovering well,鈥� wrote the rescue team on .鈥淵osemite Search and Rescue鈥檚 skill and innovation in mountain rescue save lives every year.”

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Alex Honnold is staying busy.

When he’s not announcing a Netflix special or completing a route on El Capitan, Honnold, 40, is hosting a conservation podcast, producing television shows, and still finding time to take his two kids into the great outdoors.

国产吃瓜黑料 recently caught up with Honnold to discuss his various media projects. His podcast, , launched its fifth season on October 28. We also chatted about his strategy for getting his kids outdoors, why he’s choosing to climb a skyscraper on Netflix, and how Hollywood can learn to do climbing right.

An excerpt of our interview is below.

5 Questions with Alex Honnold

OUTSIDE: The last time we spoke was before your 2024 show Arctic Ascent. We discussed the elements you look at when choosing a media project鈥攆rom the climbing, to the storytelling, to parts of the TV show or film that resonate with a mainstream audience. How did you assess this equation when deciding to pursue the Netflix event Skyscraper Live?

Alex Honnold:听For me, Skyscraper Live is less about the storytelling and audience. Basically, it’s a really fun thing to climb, and it’s really hard to get permission, so if someone gives you permission, you have to say yes. It’s something that I scouted maybe 12 years ago for a different TV thing that fell apart, so I never got the opportunity to actually climb it. But I knew I was capable, and the climbing is really fun. If you see the actual show, you’ll see that it is insane. So in some ways it’s not like听Arctic Ascent听where I’m asking what the climate story is. This is basically pure fun for me and the audience. There’s really no bigger angle to it. It’s just sheer entertainment, for me and for the masses. The building is beautiful, and it sticks out of the landscape.听I think that anybody who is watching听Skyscraper Live will be struck by how it dominates the landscape.

The other thing, when we talk about picking media projects, is that the whole Skyscraper Live project is only going to take two weeks of my life, between the scout trip and then the actual trip. A project like听Arctic Ascent is a six-week expedition in remote Greenland, and it takes a much bigger toll in terms of family and personal fitness and those kinds of things. So, the opportunity cost involved for something like听Skyscraper Live is almost zero. It’s super fun with no downside. Whereas some of these big expeditions to remote parts of the world have a big downside, in that I have to be away from my family.

We’re living in an era when topics like conservation, battling climate change, and the preservation of public lands are under attack. It can feel daunting to pursue these movements. What are your tips for staying engaged and energized with these movements?

One of the things I love about hosting the Planet Visionaries听podcast is that I get to hear a lot of very affirming personal stories around conservation. When you think of global environmental issues, it is very sobering. Plastic in the ocean, for example, is a very daunting and overwhelming issue that humanity is struggling with. I got to interview Dr. Sylvia Earle, who is a renowned ocean conservationist, and she is working with . I spoke to her about the restoration of these clam and oyster beds in the Hudson River, and how it has cleaned up a section of the river over the course of a few years. I love talking to guests about marine conservation because the ocean, if given the slightest opportunity, regenerates quite quickly. Life comes back. The water can clean up. It’s amazing. So, when you look at conservation locally, or on a small scale, and you hear about these specific projects, it’s actually quite inspiring because you can see that yes, you can have a real impact on a specific place.

Hollywood loves rock climbing in 2025. We had earlier this year, and another film called听 is coming. If you could advise Hollywood on how to make a climbing film where the actual climbing seems legit, what wisdom would you pass along?

It’s funny because I just did a cameo for a different Hollywood movie that was actually inspired by The Dawn Wall.听Basically it’s a buddy film where two buddies from high school go up on a wall together and discuss some of their old problems while on a portaledge. But basically, I think if Hollywood wants to do climbing right, they should involve a real climber in the process. Unfortunately, the person writing the film rarely knows anything about climbing.听Cliffhanger,听at least, is so over the top that it’s entertaining.听The Eiger Sanction is probably the best example of climbing done right in a film. It actually looks legit. They are actually climbing on a wall. That works.

It’s the end of 2025. What are the feats of outdoor recreation or climbing that stand out in your mind?

Off the top of my head, within rock climbing, Brooke Raboutou climbing 15c is an obvious milestone. She’s America’s darling, and she climbed 15c; that was in the spring. is the hardest bouldering session. That is incredible. Even last week, Jim Morrison skiing a 12,000-foot line on the North Face of Everest. I know that he personally spent three seasons going over there and waiting for the weather. I have a lot of respect for people who can see through a project like that. To wait for conditions and to make it happen. The obvious thing is in 31 days. It’s insane. He was averaging 16 hours a day for 31 days. Can you imagine doing cardio for 16 hours a day every day for a month?

Would you ever want to bite off something like that?

I love doing big climbing link-ups like that, but not at that scale. Yesterday, I climbed a . I’ve been thinking of a cool idea to connect a few climbs in Yosemite, and have been beginning to piece together parts of it. But after doing just that segment yesterday, that felt like a lot. So we will see how it shakes up.

This interview was edited for clarity and length.听

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Just after 1:30 A.M. on the morning of October 5, E, a professor of mechanical engineering at Seattle University, set out with three friends to hike up Cottonwood Creek Trail, a strenuous approach to Colorado’s Crestone Peak.

The jagged summit of Crestone Peak, Colorado’s seventh-highest mountain, looks like a camel’s back, with two rocky pinnacles jutting skyward from the Sangre de Cristo range. One of these prominences is Crestone Peak, and the other is a sub-summit called East Crestone, which is just 418 feet away.

The men reached the summit of East Crestone right before sunrise. Gilbertson鈥檚 goal wasn鈥檛 just to climb the mountain, but to use high-tech surveying tools to measure its precise height.

In an interview with 国产吃瓜黑料, Gilbertson said that his measurements suggest that East Crestone measures 14,299.3 feet high, making it approximately 3.6 inches taller听than Crestone Peak, which is 14,299 feet. This measurement, Gilberton says, reverses the conventional belief that East Crestone is the sub-summit of Crestone Peak.

鈥淭hus, East Crestone is now a ranked 14er, and Crestone is a subpeak,” Gilbertson said. “East Crestone should be added to the list of 53 ranked 14ers in Colorado and Crestone听Peak removed.鈥�

While this measurement may seem minor, it could have major repercussions for the thousands of hikers who climb the 53 peaks that rise above 14,000 feet in Colorado. For decades, Crestone Peak has been on the 14er list, but East Crestone has not. Gilbertson believes his measurements should change the hierarchy of Crestone summits, and remove one 14er from the list while adding another.

But the official bodies that measure peaks in Colorado have yet to weigh in on his findings.

In Pursuit of Peak Bags and Elevation Measurements

To measure the peaks, Gilbertson and his team used professional surveying equipment to take ground measurements at each summit. They did so by mounting receivers on identical tripods that took simultaneous two-hour, 15-minute survey data. A global navigation system, or GNSS, then determined the distance between these receivers and satellites in space, calculating the receiver’s exact location on Earth.

“We needed to strap a hiking pole on one tripod leg to extend it off the cliffy north face of Crestone to reach rock,” Gilbertson told听国产吃瓜黑料,听adding that data was processed with three different models. 鈥淎ll results were consistent that East Crestone is 0.3 feet taller than Crestone, with greater than 99.9 percent confidence that East Crestone is taller.鈥�

Gilbertson’s method is different from a 2021 mission to measure the mountains, which relied on light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology. But he believes this measurement was flawed, because it “appeared to pick up a person on the summit of Crestone, giving it an artificially high elevation,” he said. Aerial LiDAR measurements record elevation by pinging pulses of light between a plane and a point on Earth and recording the amount of time it takes for that ping to travel between the two. But because the pulses hit the ground every one to six feet, they can sometimes “miss sharp points in between and under-measure a summit elevation,” which Gilbertson says happened on East Crestone.

A previous U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measurement of the mountain used a theodolite, a land survey technique that measures horizontal and vertical angles between points. That technique only measured Crestone Peak, and not East Crestone. Other measurements, including those done by photogrammetry and an Abney survey, have also been conducted on Crestone Peak. Gilbertson said that it’s likely these surveys simply missed measuring East Crestone.

“I think it’s unlikely the summits shifted. The simplest explanation is they just hadn’t been measured accurately enough until now to know which was taller,” said Gilbertson.

In an Instagram , Gilbertson shared photos of the project. His findings were also posted on the website , but not yet published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

While the data suggests a new peak designation may be in order, the summit has not been officially declared a 鈥渘ew鈥� 14er by the Colorado Geological Survey, the state agency that approves the measurements of geographic features. So, technically, Colorado hasn鈥檛 named East Crestone the newest 14er. And experts don鈥檛 seem to be in a rush to do so.

 

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No Official Update or Designation Has Yet Been Made

Experts within Colorado’s 14er community aren’t entirely convinced that Gilbertson’s data should cause significant changes.

Lloyd Athearn, executive director of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, told 国产吃瓜黑料 that East Crestone is not necessarily a new 14er, but 鈥渏ust where the highest point is on Crestone Peak and what would be considered a subsidiary point.鈥�

鈥淭his is an interesting surveying effort, but not one that gives us a new 14er,鈥� said Athearn.

Vince Matthews, a retired director of the Colorado Geological Survey, said that regular refinements in the elevation of Colorado peaks have caused some changes over the years. Matthews said that there is a simmering disagreement about the height of the state’s highest peak, Mount Elbert. Some researchers believe the mountain is 4,438 feet high and not 14,440 feet, which was the elevation determined by a survey in the early 21st century. A prior survey pegged the mountain at 14,443 feet before that. In the early 1870s, Elbert’s elevation was measured to be 14,351 feet, Matthews said.

“Moreover, the federal agencies currently have a project at Mount Elbert to use the best, most up-to-date instruments, models, and analytic techniques to determine a precise elevation for its highest point,” said Matthews, adding that these results will be used throughout the U.S. to revise elevation datasets.

But to get on the Colorado Geological Survey’s official list, the peak must have gone through the USGS naming procedures and reside in the Geographic Names Information System.

Matthews also told 国产吃瓜黑料 that whether the latest recorded height of East Crestone would add it to the list of 14ers 鈥渄epends on whom you ask.鈥� He pointed out that multiple peaks rise above 14,000 feet in the so-called Crestone Cluster, a collection of pinnacles that includes Crestone Peak, including the 14,195-foot Crestone Needle, 14,165-foot Kit Carson Peak, and 14,070-foot Humboldt Peak.

鈥淎ll of the 鈥榩eaks鈥� in the Crestone Cluster exceed 14,000 feet in elevation,” Matthews said.

Other mountains in Colorado have multiple pinnacles that rise above 14,000 feet, but climbers agree that they are all part of the same mountain. “For instance, Mount Massive has about seven discrete, little topographic peaks, but only the highest is named,鈥� Matthews added.

Federal Agencies are Responsible for Designating Features

The USGS is responsible for naming and mapping geographic features in the country, while NOAA鈥檚 National Geodetic Survey (NGS) does the job of measuring them.

Matthews sent 国产吃瓜黑料 the 鈥渂est, most up-to-date鈥� list of summits above 14,000 feet compiled by the Colorado Geological Survey, according to information from the USGS and NGS. In it, there are 58 named peaks in Colorado exceeding 14,000 feet, many of which are cross-checked against USGS topographic maps and NGS satellite data.

The Colorado Mountain Club ultimately declares what is and is not a 14er to serve as a guide to peak baggers, says Matthews.

The discrepancy between the 58 named peaks and 53 14ers is due to the “” that the Colorado 14ers group follows. For a peak to qualify as a bona fide 14er, there must be at least a 300-foot drop in elevation between it and an adjacent peak above 14,000 feet. That’s why multiple high points on a ridge, for example, don’t count as individual 14ers.

鈥淚 suggest that the measuring and naming of peaks be left to the federal agencies responsible for those matters,” Matthews said.

In other words, if East Crestone is to someday replace Crestone Peak as a 14er, more rigorous, peer-reviewed research is needed to confirm Gilbertson’s findings. Having surveyed over 60 peaks around the world and climbed the highest peak in 147 countries, Gilbertson now plans to submit his findings to a scientific journal.

If East Crestone is to someday replace Crestone Peak as a 14er, Gilbertson doesn’t believe that the thousands of hikers to have ascended 53 14ers should have to go back and re-climb East Crestone.

鈥淲e would propose that anyone who has already completed the 14ers or another list, including Crestone, is grandfathered in and still considered a finisher. Moving forward, climbers should climb East Crestone to complete the ranked 14ers list and centennials list,鈥� he said.

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Alex Honnold is putting himself out there in a whole new way. Earlier this month, the Free Solo star announced not one, but two new shows coming to screens in 2026, and we are jumping out of our chairs with excitement.

As 国产吃瓜黑料 reported earlier this month, the climbing icon will star in a two-hour live TV show on Netflix in 2026, during which he will scale the tallest skyscraper in Taiwan (gulp) without any safety ropes. Honnold will be on a very tall building in real time, and he will do it while adhering to the risky climbing style that made him famous. According to a , the feat is titled Skyscraper Live and staged on Taipei 101, a 1,667-foot-tall building with 101 floors.

In an unexpected turn of events, the world-renowned rock climber is also taking viewers on a tour of his home state in Nevada, as well. In the five-part documentary series, Get a Little Out There, set to premiere across the 国产吃瓜黑料 network in 2026. In partnership with Travel Nevada and 国产吃瓜黑料, Honnold will take viewers across the Sagebrush State, shifting focus from extreme climbs to everyday adventures, curiosity, and connection.

We asked Honnold for his take on these two new endeavors and what he hopes viewers will gain听from this new perspective on his life and work.

OUTSIDE: You have just announced your new five-part documentary show, Get a Little Out There.听What are you most excited about in sharing this part of your home state?

Alex Honnold: I’m excited about all the outdoor adventures around the state. It’s basically what I do for fun anyway. Get a Little Out There听is just a more structured version. It’s super fun.

You’ve also recently announced plans to livestream a free solo on a skyscraper. How do you have the capacity to accomplish so much?

Honnold: Haha, in some ways, doing a live event actually takes less time because you just have to show up and do the thing鈥攎uch simpler than making a documentary, really. But in all seriousness, these are the only two projects I’m working on this season (besides my own personal climbing goals), so it doesn’t seem like too much.

What do you hope viewers will get from your show?

Honnold: I hope people will get a glimpse of how incredible Nevada is! I live here for a reason, and I love it. I’m constantly explaining to people how great Nevada is for outdoor recreation. Hopefully, people who watch the show will gain a new appreciation for rural Nevada. I suppose it’s a bonus if it motivates people to get outside and have their own adventures.

Anything else you’d like to add?

Honnold: I really like backyard adventures, and this whole project feels like the ultimate backyard adventure鈥攁 cool trip discovering interesting places relatively near home.

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“It goes, boys,” Lynn Hill famously declared after becoming the first person in history to free climb Yosemite’s El Capitan in 1993. A year later, she became the first to free El Cap in a day. Three decades beyond, she’s still climbing鈥攁nd hard. At 64 years old, she continues to send 5.12s and 5.13s in her backyard in Boulder, Colorado, and around the world. Through building a historic career, living in a French farmhouse, enduring a near death experience, and becoming a mother, Hill possesses a sagacity as staggering as the walls she climbs.

Hill鈥檚 New Hobbies

Ashtanga yoga is one thing. And I’ve been skate skiing for, oh gosh, it’s been more than ten years now. One thing I want to try this winter is kiteboarding. My friend keeps inviting me to come down to Lantana [in Florida], and it’s been difficult to balance the time between going to Hueco [Tanks, in Texas] or other trips for work. So, I’m going to make the time and give it a try.

How Learning Shifts Her Mindset

When I’m learning something new, I appreciate all of the subtleties. It’s not just about strength, but knowing how to read the terrain and how to coordinate the exact force that you need to use in your ankles or your wrists, or some aspect of the balance and timing required.

On Staying Powerful

One of the newer things I’ve learned is how to generate power on the Kilter Board. I’ve been a rock climber most of my life and this kind of power is very different. It requires the coordination and the amount of power that you need to jump. That’s something I need because I’m more of an endurance climber than a power climber. As you get older, you lose power. So it’s important to maintain as much as you have and even build on it.

Her Favorite Recent Climb

I went to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison for the first time. Everyone’s like, “Oh, you’ve never climbed in the Black? That’s crazy.” I was always afraid of going because I heard that this pegmatite is really loose and I don’t like the idea of climbing on loose rock, but I was pleasantly surprised. There’s some loose rock, especially at the top, but you can easily avoid that or just be careful stepping around things. It’s really beautiful granite. We did a route called Journey Home and camped the night after our climb.

What She鈥檚 Most Stoked to Climb Next

I’m excited about climbing with Babsi Zangerl in the R盲tikon in Switzerland. She and her partner Jacopo [Larcher] live close enough that you can mountain bike to the base of this climb. It’s probably 7c, which translates to about 5.12d. It’s adventure climbing; you don’t need to use that much natural gear, but it’s old-school because the runouts are sometimes exciting.

What She Looks for in a Climbing Partner

When I was younger, I remember showing up in the [Yosemite] Valley and it was pretty common for people to put their name on the bulletin board and just hook up with people randomly, because what was important was getting out there and climbing. But now it’s more important to me to climb with people who I really enjoy being with. It’s obviously safer if you care about each other. You’re going to be watching each other more closely. But it’s really just more about the experience of being with somebody you like. To me, that’s more and more important as I get older.

How Climbing Helps Her Age Like a French wine

I’ve noticed people who stay engaged in life are not always trying to stay within their comfort range. It’s really important to stay adaptable. If you’re always doing things in a predictable way, you lose that creativity and adaptability.

What Climbing Gives Hill

At this point in my life, it’s just part of what I do and what makes me feel good on many different levels, from the physical to the problem solving. Some days you’re feeling energized and you have that excitement in your stomach before you start a climb. Other days, you’re kind of tired. It’s all about observing and being aware of how you’re reacting in that moment.

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Balin Miller was fast becoming a legend in the climbing world. The 23-year-old had spent the year of 2025 making a name for himself, with historic solos鈥攁nd soloing sprees鈥攆rom Alaska to Patagonia. On October 1, Miller fell to his death from 2,400 feet on Yosemite鈥檚 El Capitan. In a horrifying set of circumstances, his death was captured on a stranger鈥檚 livestream with some 500 people watching.

Just after midnight on October 2, his mother, Jeanine Girard-Moorman, shared on Facebook, 鈥淚t is with a heavy heart I have to tell you my incredible son Balin Miller died during a climbing accident today. My heart is shattered in a million pieces.鈥�

Miller had been climbing Sea of Dreams (5.9 A4), one of the most challenging aid routes on El Cap. On September 29, he was photographed by Tom Evans, the of the once-daily .

On October 2, Miller reached the top of the last pitch of Sea of Dreams, but his haul bag got stuck on the terrain below. As he descended back down his lead line to free his bag, Miller rappelled off the ends of the rope. Evans described the incident on Facebook and later verified his report with Climbing. No additional information from Yosemite National Park staff or local officials has been released.

The Livestreaming of a Fall

Eric (who asked that his last name be withheld), a blogger and content producer who calls himself a 鈥淵osemite super fan,鈥� had been livestreaming Miller鈥檚 Sea of Dreams ascent online. 鈥淚 was the sole witness down in El Cap Meadow monitoring Balin when he fell,鈥� Eric told Climbing. He had started livestreaming climbers from the base of El Cap on on Sunday.

Using a scope and his phone, Eric had been following El Cap climbers, including Miller, who had become known as 鈥淥range Tent Person鈥� among the livestream followers for his orange portaledge. Over the course of the week, some 100,000 people had been participating in the livestream, according to Eric. 鈥淓veryone was real interested in him [Miller],鈥� he said.

On October 1, Eric鈥檚 livestream followers saw Miller start moving around 10 a.m. as he neared the final pitches of the route. 鈥淲e were all cheering for him and wanted to see him summit,鈥� he said. When he was almost at the top, around 1 p.m., Miller鈥檚 bag became stuck down the pitch. According to Eric, he descended to fix it and rappelled off the ends of his rope. Eric and Evans, who had been photographing climbers nearby, called 911, and a recovery effort was initiated.

Eric said that many of the livestream viewers have reached out to him and have been having a hard time processing what they saw. 鈥淓verybody is shook up,鈥� he said. He shared the video with Yosemite鈥檚 law enforcement rangers.

Miller鈥檚 Bold Life in the Mountains

Just four months ago, Climbing Senior Editor Anthony Walsh of the Slovak Direct route (M6 WI 6 A2; 9,000 feet) on Denali, which Miller said he thought 鈥渨ould be a ton of fun to climb alone.鈥�

This past June, it took Miller three days to complete the ascent鈥攄uring which, Miller assured us, he got plenty of sleep. With a five-day weather window, the Alaskan soloist opted to take a 19-hour nap at his first glacier bivy on Slovak Direct. He free soloed all but one pitch, which involved A2 cracks (freed at M8).

After Miller鈥檚 Slovak Direct solo, alpinist called his achievement 鈥渟uper badass.鈥� Haley added that it was one of the greatest alpine-style solos ever completed in Alaska鈥檚 Central Range. And when the news was shared with Slovak Direct veteran Mark Twight, his reaction was simply, 鈥淗oly shit.鈥�

A few months earlier, Miller had gone across, improbably, Patagonia and the Canadian Rockies. In January, he climbed Californiana (5.10c; 700m) on Cerro Chalt茅n, employing a mix of free soloing and rope soloing.

Then, Miller headed to Canada, where he soloed Virtual Reality (WI6), followed by one of Canada鈥檚 most infamous climbs: Reality Bath, ominously graded VIII in Canada for its WI5/6 difficulty and objective hazard. He told Walsh that what attracted him to Reality Bath was the route鈥檚 鈥渓ore,鈥� built up over time by Twight, one of the first ascensionists.

Miller pulled off these three stout solos with a stripe of glitter on each cheek鈥攁 habit he鈥檇 adopted during a summer of yore involving alt rock, a girl, and partying.

鈥淚f I was just going cragging, I probably wouldn鈥檛 wear glitter,鈥� Miller explained to Walsh last January. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 like a warrior putting makeup on before going into battle 鈥� you know you鈥檙e about to do something hard.鈥�

When Miller wasn鈥檛 climbing, he worked as a crab fisher in Alaska and as a snow shoveler in Montana. Originally from Anchorage, Miller with his father and brother Dylan. He is also survived by a younger sister, Mia.

This is a developing story. We will update it as new information becomes available.

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For , Manaslu is an old friend.

Early on the morning of September 26, the 86-year-old Spanish alpinist trudged to the top of the 8,163-meter (26,782-foot) mountain, making history as the oldest person ever to reach the top of a peak over 8,000 meters. He was accompanied by longtime photographer and close friend Luis Miguel Lo虂pez Soriano, and Sherpas Mikel, Nima, and Phurba.

It was a poignant moment for Soria, and not just because of the record. He has a longer relationship with this mountain than perhaps any climber alive today. He first reached in 2010 at 71, but he was also a member of the very first Spanish expeditions to the peak, in 1973 and 1975. But Soria didn鈥檛 touch the summit on those trips. The first expedition was forced to turn back due to adverse weather conditions. On the second, he acted as a designated rope fixer.

Last week, Soria and his team summited Manaslu relatively quickly and without any significant hurdles. After their final acclimatization rotation, they pushed from basecamp to the summit in just three days. But on the steep, icy descent to Camp III, the climb took a turn for the worse. Soria鈥檚 legs have been a weak point in recent years鈥攈e underwent a knee replacement in 2018 and severely broke his leg on Dhaulagiri in 2023. By the time he reached Camp III, he was in severe pain, and his balance and coordination were suffering as a result.

Ultimately, he opted for a helicopter evacuation to basecamp to ensure his injuries didn鈥檛 worsen.鈥淚f I tried to come down walking, I could cause everyone else problems,鈥� he said. 鈥淐arlos wanted to keep himself safe, but also to keep the rest of us safe, everyone else in his team,鈥� his photographer, Soriano, added.

鈥淚 Feel Good up There鈥�

Climbing an 8,000-meter peak, in any decade of life, is an impressive feat, but Carlos Soria has now summited a dozen of the world鈥檚 14 highest summits, most of them in his 60s, 70s, and 80s. He is the only person, in fact, to climb 10 8,000-meter peaks after the age of 60.

It begs the question: Why?

At an age when most individuals are bouncing grandkids on their knees鈥攊f their knees even function鈥擲oria returns, time and time again, to the most inhospitable regions on Earth, to test himself.

鈥淚 do not care about records,鈥� he told me. 鈥淚 am not looking to be 鈥榯he best.鈥欌�� He also does not seem particularly concerned with the usual Himalayan mountaineering shenanigans, like sponsorships and motivational speaking tours. In recent years, he has self-financed many of his expeditions. Instead, he is simply drawn to climb. 鈥淭he mountains are the place I want to be,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 always want to come back.鈥�

Soria began finding solace in the mountains as a child. He was born in Avil谩, Spain in 1939. It was a rather inauspicious year鈥攖he last of the Spanish Civil War, and first of brutal dictator Francisco Franco鈥檚 36-year rule. 鈥淚t was a very difficult time to be in Spain,鈥� he told me. 鈥淢y family was poor. We didn鈥檛 have hot water, we rarely had electricity.鈥�

At age 14, Soria began climbing, exploring the Sierra de Guadarrama range just outside Madrid. 鈥淚n the mountains, in nature, I found a way to escape that life, to find beauty again,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why I鈥檝e kept coming back. I felt good there at 14, and I feel good there at 86.鈥�

At 86, maintaining one鈥檚 health is an uphill battle. But Soria鈥檚 regime is not dissimilar to that of any other climber. He doesn鈥檛 touch alcohol or tobacco, and he鈥檚 a clean eater. He also spends every morning working out, seven days a week. But the trick, he said, isn鈥檛 checking all these boxes. It鈥檚 to enjoy the training as much as the climbing. 鈥淚 really like training,鈥� he told me. 鈥淚 train when I have expeditions coming, and I train when I don鈥檛. It doesn鈥檛 matter.鈥� In recent years, he鈥檚 become a fan of indoor rock climbing, too. At 7:00 a.m., almost every day, Soria can be found roped up at a climbing gym near his house.

Everything in the mountains is harder at his age. His mobility, balance, strength, and stamina are all waning. It鈥檚 harder for him to catch his breath, harder for him to get food down. His list of old injuries has only grown as the years have gone on. Soria鈥檚 approach is to take things slow and to err on the side of caution. When I asked him what was going through his mind when he took those final steps up to the summit of Manaslu, he answered simply: 鈥淚 was focused on reaching the summit.鈥�

And what was he thinking when he was finally up there, standing on one of the world鈥檚 highest mountains, the oldest person ever to climb an 8,000-meter peak?

鈥淚 was thinking about coming down safely,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 was happy, yes. But I wanted to make sure my team and I got down without problems.鈥�

鈥淚f We Didn鈥檛 Change, We Wouldn鈥檛 Be Alive鈥�

The only 8,000-meter peaks Soria has yet to summit are Dhaulagiri and Shishapangma, but not for lack of trying. Soria has retreated from Nepal鈥檚 Dhaulagiri a staggering 14 times. It鈥檚 also where he broke his leg in 2023鈥攖hough the injury resulted not from his own mistake, but from a Sherpa slipping and falling into him. 鈥淒haulagiri is not the most difficult, but the weather is unstable and hard to predict,鈥� he said. 鈥淪torms come fast from the valley.鈥� Soria also lost a close friend on the mountain during one of his earliest attempts. Since then, he has been extremely cautious in his approach. 鈥淚 have a lot of respect for that mountain,鈥� he said.

Perhaps no one is better positioned to bemoan the commercialization of high-altitude mountaineering than Carlos Soria. In his early days an alpinist, 8,000-meter peaks represented isolated, remote objectives鈥攖rue wilderness. Back then, a single team coming together to put a pair of climbers on a summit incited national celebration. Within his lifetime, many of these peaks have become jam-packed thoroughfares. Hundreds of guided climbers may tick a summit in the space of a few days.

鈥淲e were totally alone in those times,鈥� Soria said of his trips to Manaslu in the 1970s. 鈥淚t was very different. We were the only expedition on the mountain. From the gear and apparel we used to the style in which we approached the mountains, many things have changed today.鈥�

But Soria says he isn鈥檛 nostalgic for years past, and he won鈥檛 speak ill of mountaineering, then or now. 鈥淭hings have to change in this world,鈥� he told me. 鈥淲e cannot worry or be sad. Change is life.鈥�

Many positive changes have also materialized, as Soria sees it. More young people are coming to the mountains, including more women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think the past is better, or worse,鈥� he explained. 鈥淚 am happy. I like to change with the times. If things didn鈥檛 change, if we didn鈥檛 change, then we would not be alive.鈥�

In photographs, Soria often wears a wry, knowing smile, as though he harbors some hidden wisdom, some eternal secret, that the rest of us can鈥檛 quite seem to figure out. Wondering if I could chip out some of that secret, I asked for his most important piece of advice for anyone who dreams of climbing 8,000-meter peaks. Soria was clear. It鈥檚 not training hard or gaining experience. Those things are necessary, but they come later. First, 鈥淵ou have to love it,鈥� he said. 鈥淵ou have to love climbing.鈥�

You can鈥檛 be up there for the social media posts, the records, or the sponsors. You can鈥檛 be up there for the feeling you get when you鈥檙e back at home, bragging to your friends at the bar. 鈥淚f you love it, then you will naturally do it right,鈥� Soria said. 鈥淵ou will train, you will acquire the necessary experience, because you love it. And then, if climbing 8,000 meters is your dream, you can achieve it.鈥�

About the photographer: , who accompanied Soria on his climb, is a Spanish videographer and photographer who has climbed several of the world鈥檚 8,000-meter peaks. Follow along

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