Sometimes you want everyone to know you’re a climber. Sometimes you’re just being cheap. No matter your affliction, try these hacks.
The start of a boulder can be the most obvious part—but to climbing coach Tom Randall, it’s also an underrated opportunity to build technique. Try Randall's four first-move variations to make the most ...
Tenzing Norgay never got his full flowers. He wasn’t beknighted, nor did he receive many of the prestigious awards that Edmund HIllary did. A bevy of documentaries and films weren’t produced about him ...
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: Senior Editor Anthony Walsh spoke with professional rock climber Amity Martin (previously Warme) about her first ascent of Time is Dancing (5.14a; 1,000ft) on Lost Temple Spire, ...
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 ...
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 ...
A slightly sad, honest truth: After 25 years of rabidly consuming climbing news, I tend to find the lies and fakes more interesting than the real feats they mimic. This explains why, when YouTube ...
In a sense, it’s the core of our sport: the crux. It’s the hardest moves on a climb, the moment of truth, and the split-second where you launch from one timeline into the next. In our experience, the ...
Let me guess: You’ve been doing pull-ups religiously for the last year. Two sessions a week, sets of five to 10, right? Maybe you’ve even added a few extra reps since you started and surpassed a few ...