A photograph accurately shows a U.S. "distress" flag hung upside down from the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park by a group of employees. In February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

Yosemite Valley and its famous El Capitan have long been at the centre of the rock climbing universe. However, in recent years, the gigantic rock formation has found its way into the general public's ...

Three months after a group of climbers hung a transgender pride flag from El Capitan, an iconic rock formation in Yosemite, the National Park Service fired a park ranger who was involved in the ...

Shannon "SJ" Joslin, a ranger and biologist at Yosemite National Park, was fired August 12 after they "failed to demonstrate acceptable conduct" by posing by a trans flag on El Capitan. The National ...

A Yosemite National Park ranger has been fired and other activists could face charges after hanging a massive transgender pride flag from the world-renowned El Capitan rock formation earlier this year ...

In the past year, Yosemite’s famed granite monolith El Capitan has become a popular backdrop for political protests. In June 2024, climbers hung a “Stop the Genocide” banner criticizing Israeli’s ...

Yosemite National Park fired a park ranger last week for hanging a transgender pride flag on the park's iconic El Capitan rock formation in May. Shannon "SJ" Joslin, who has been a ranger and a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emese Maczko is a travel writer covering sustainable travel. Last weekend, besides the legendary Horsetail Fall "Firefall" ...

Visitors to Yosemite National Park this week got a first-hand view of the power of nature. A large rockslide on Monday sent tons of boulders crashing down from El Capitan, the immense 3,000-foot tall ...