American climber Sasha DiGiulian has become the first woman to free-climb El Capitan's longest route — a journey she said ended up being the "most formative and challenging climb" of her career. "When ...
Sasha DiGiulian, 33, is now the first woman to free-climb what's known as the "Platinum Wall," the longest route straight to the 3,000-foot peak of Yosemite's El Capitan. She did it in the face of a ...
Torn fingertips, frostnip and atmospheric rivers didn't stop the world-famous climber from finishing an epic ascent on El Capitan. Belinda Carlisle, 67, Shows She’s Barely Aged in Side-By-Side Photo ...
American climber Sasha DiGiulian has become the first woman to free-climb El Capitan's longest route — a journey she said ended up being the "most formative and challenging climb" of her career. "When ...
Update: December 1, 2025: On November 26, after days in a portaledge waiting out a storm, DiGiulian free climbed Platinum (also known as the Direct Line) on El Cap. “I couldn’t have done this without ...
An American climber has become the first woman to free-climb El Capitan’s longest route, a journey that took more than three weeks and has been completed by only a handful of climbers. It took Sasha ...
Torn fingertips, frostnip and atmospheric rivers didn’t stop the world-famous climber from finishing an epic ascent on El Capitan. Trump suffers major blow in Ukraine poll Nick Saban urges NCAA to ...
After enduring storms, snowfall and soaked rock, Sasha DiGiulian became the first woman to free climb El Capitan’s longest route, the Platinum Wall. Here’s how tough it was. American climber Sasha ...