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The start of a boulder can be the most obvious part—but to climbing coach Tom Randall, it’s also an underrated opportunity to ...

After two climbers fell while unroped at The Spot in Louisville, Colorado, the gym pulled its auto-belays for two weeks, even ...

About our reporting: We reviewed court documents and police reports to describe the arrest, plea deal, and sentencing of a former USA Climbing team manager for uploading and distributing child sexual ...

About our reporting: To investigate this fatal rappelling accident, reporter Natalie Berry spoke with IMFGA guide Calum Muskett and expert alpinist Colin Haley. The results exposed a small yet fatal ...

You would think a movie about a plane crash with three tons of illegal Mexican weed onboard, two fatalities, a run-in with the Drug Enforcement Agency, and a classic climbers vs. park rangers clash ...

Maya is editor-in-chief of Climbing Magazine. She's covered the outdoors, travel, the environment, and food for 15+ years, and is the author of four Moon travel guides to Utah. Even though she would ...

The rocks we climb may be incredibly old, but the people who climb them span a remarkable breadth of ages. We’ve seen two year olds bouldering and 80-year-olds spryly sending sport climbs. In the past ...

Climbers are notoriously bad at taking rest days. For many, this is even a point of pride. But according to recent research, it shouldn’t be. In fact, a lot of climbers are probably stunting their own ...

In June, we launched a Summer Photo Contest to showcase the most outstanding images that capture the beauty, emotion, culture, breadth, and power of our sport. We called upon professionals and ...