An 8-year-old boy and his father reached the top of El Capitan late Friday night, having ascended the 3,000-foot cliff in a weeklong group climbing trip. About an hour before the finish, 150 feet below the summit ledge, the boy, Sylvan Lightyear Evermore, was preparing to ascend the last of about 30 pitches up the famed rock formation in Yosemite National Park. His father, Joe Evermore, sounded high-spirited but fatigued. San Francisco Chronicle