Here are five of the most dangerous rock climbs in the U.S. Read why these climbs are considered so dangerous.

Several tons of rock cut loose from a mountainside and crashed near Northside Drive in Yosemite National Park this Monday. No one was hurt, but the rockslide forced the National Park Service to close a number of roads and trailheads. The timing couldn’t be worse: The rockfall originated near the Horsetail Falls area of El [...]

After weeks of waiting, visitors to Yosemite National Park were treated to a fiery spectacle this weekend. When the conditions in California’s Yosemite Valley are just right, the sun rises behind Horsetail Falls, one of the park’s marquee cascades. When that happens, the falls light up as if on fire.  This “firefall” is a stunning [...]

‘It was a record setting climb’ versus ‘It wasn’t even a climb’. Those are the two sides of a debate being escalated about the recent scaling of El Cap by Sam Baker. Baker, who is 8, has had hits on CNN as well as Good Morning America. He is being hailed as being the youngest [...]