Pair are the first to free-climb the nearly vertical El Capitan's "Dawn Wall." — -- An impossible dream was realized today for Yosemite climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson, as they ...

First, he teamed up with Tommy Caldwell to free-climb El Capitan’s Freerider, Half Dome’s Regular Northwest Face and Mt. Watkins’ South Face in a little more than 21 hours.

Harrington began her climb at 1:34 a.m. local time on Nov. 4 with Alex Honnold, who chronicled his own journey climbing El Capitan in the Academy Award-winning documentary Free Solo. Emily Harrington.

Two rock climbers are close to finishing a hugely ambitious project on El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley — free-climbing the Dawn Wall. They talked to NPR's Melissa Block from the rock face.

Free climbers Tommy Caldwell, left, and Kevin Jorgeson embrace Wednesday, January 14, after reaching the top of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot rock formation in California's Yosemite National Park.

Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell completed their 19 day climb, making them the first free-climbers to make it up El Capitan in Yosemite. Updated: 12:30 PM PST Jan 15, 2015 David Bienick Reporter ...

It took years of planning, weeks of effort and multiple attempts, but two men climbed their way into history Wednesday with the first successful free climb of El Capitan’s Dawn Wall in Yosemite ...

A: No one has ever free climbed the Dawn Wall on El Capitan, the largest monolith of granite in the world, which rises more than 3,000 feet above the Yosemite Valley floor. For more than 27 days ...

Lynn Hill was the first person ever recorded to free climb El Capitan, scaling the wall on another route in 1994. Steph Davis was second in 2004, and Mayan Smith-Gobat was third in 2011.

Since Dec. 27, the duo has been free-climbing the sheer, southeastern face of El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park.