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Three pro climbers faced an insurmountable crux on Jirishanca. Instead of admitting defeat, they invented a new summit (at their highpoint) and marketed their attempt as a grand success.
The "Brazilian Climber Girl" shares the gear she won’t climb without
Grant programs that help up-and-coming climbers achieve their big goals
A famed German biathlete, Laura Dahlmeier, perished on Monday while scaling a remote mountain in Pakistan.
The struggle to find balance as a young athlete is real. This is how I interrupted the burnout cycle and fell back in love with climbing.
Yes, I got my skull trapped in an wide crack roof. In Moab. In July. Choices were made.
Pro climber snacks, ranked, from Honnold’s notorious bell pepper and Amity Warme’s dried fruit, to Michaela Kiersch’s ale of choice
'L'Ombre du Voyageur' was proposed at V17, without shoes. Using shoes, gloves, and four kneepads, the second ascensionist says it’s just V14.
We asked climbers to describe the most important move of their lives. Read the top five essays that blew us away.
For one slippery second, I was levitating on moss and prayer. No muscle, no style—just the ghost of a miracle.
I was looking through my viewfinder at the perfect shot. The move now was to not blow it.
This eight-phase (12-month) training series will present specific workouts based on the principles of periodization. Each six-week segment will build upon the previous one.
Honnold is famous for (among other things) cramming as much climbing as he can into each day. To do so, he's developed some efficiency tricks that the rest of us can imitate.
The joys of redpointing The Green Mile
There are two miracles in this week's whipper: 1) He survived. 2) He caught the fall on video.
We tested 23 pairs on boulder problems, sport climbs, and trad routes. These were the top performers.
“It goes, boys!” Zangerl, 36, blasted up the 3,300-foot Free Rider (VI 5.13a) on her first attempt, without a single fall.
Our annual tribute to the community members we've lost in the past year
At the start of each year, we compile this tribute to climbers who passed away the year prior. This year’s list includes 38 climbers, ranging in age from 21 to 96. Some died of natural causes, among family and friends. Others lost their lives in accidents involving free soloing, rappelling, avalanches, and falls on the world’s greatest alpine faces. One was killed fighting in Ukraine, while others were involved in accidents that could happen to anyone, climber or not.
Some were famous for their accomplishments, having established new routes in places like Leavenworth, Eldorado Canyon, El Potrero Chico, Greenland, the Georgian Caucasus, and Pakistan. They competed on the international sport climbing circuit, produced award-winning mountain films, revolutionized portaledge technology, and were young yet highly accomplished alpinists. One was an active Yosemite Search and Rescue member. Another founded the Access Fund.
Many of the climbers remembered here were fixtures in their local communities. They were guidebook authors and route developers, mountain guides and avalanche forecasters, gym owners and climbing shoe reps. They were neuropsychopharmacologists, musicians, lawyers, contractors, writers, photographers, computer programmers, inventors, digital nomads, fathers, a mother, and friends.
We want to thank everyone—friends, family, partners—who contributed obituaries this year. We also want to acknowledge that, despite our best efforts, this list is almost certainly incomplete. If there is a climber who should be added, please reach out to us at queries@climbing.com. And for anyone experiencing a loss, we recommend visiting the American Alpine Club’s Climbing Grief Fund.
Creating this list is always both somber and reflective, reminding us of the dangers inherent in our sport, our rich history, and our strong community. Please be safe out there.
