The Calm in the Scary Climb: Ken Yager’s Yosemite Journey

Climbing the 3,000-foot vertical rock El Capitan may sound like an extreme sport to most people, but for Ken Yager, it’s a way to relax and be centered. “I get a focus up there like I’ve never had before,” said Yager, who had his first attempt at the age of 13, and eventually succeeded in 1977, when he was 18 years old. For de...