A Rock Climber’s Yosemite Journey

Ken Yager described on the show ‘Bay Area Innovators’ how he feels about scaling cliffs.
A Rock Climber’s Yosemite Journey
Courtesy of Ken Yager
Ilene Eng
Ilene Eng
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Climbing the 3,000-foot vertical rock El Capitan in Yosemite may sound like a nearly impossible extreme sport, but for Ken Yager, it’s a way to relax and be centered. He described on EpochTV’s “Bay Area Innovators” how he feels about scaling cliffs.

“I get a focus up there like I’ve never had before,” Yager, who has been climbing for 53 years, said. “So you kind of get three benefits from it.