Charles Winstead was scaling the 3,000-foot granite wall of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley this week when an unfamiliar flapping sound erupted overhead and startled him. BASE jumping, the sport of leaping from fixed objects like buildings or cliffs and then parachuting to the ground, was pioneered in Yosemite National Park in the 1970s. While it has been effectively verboten there since the 1980s, BASE has continued to occur in secret. Read more at the link in our bio. A small group of BASE jumpe

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to stand on top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park? 🏞️⛰️ That huge granite wall that takes your breath away the moment you come out of the Wawona Tunnel 😍… or when you’re driving through Yosemite Valley and can’t stop staring at it - yes, that El Capitan. 🏞️ Well, guess what? You can actually hike to the top! 😱🥾 It’s not an easy hike (your legs will definitely feel it later 😂), but if you love a good challenge, this one is totally worth it. The vi

ICYMI: See some of the first footage of Alex Honnold's incredible free-solo ascent of Yosemite's famed El Capitan. | National Geographic Science