Climbing Competitions

Our news pages cover climbing competitions around the world, from U.S. national championships to the World Cup. We cover bouldering, sport climbing, speed, and mixed climbing, giving you year-round coverage of the top performers.
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    McColl Wins Sportiva Legends Only Comp

    12/6/12 - The 2012 La Sportiva Legends Only bouldering competition took place last weekend at the Klättercentret climbing gym in Stockholm, Sweden, showcasing five of the world's top male competition climbers, with Sean McColl taking home the gold.

  • 2012 World Cup Wraps Up; Amma, Markovic Overall Lead Winners

    11/20/12 - The last lead climbing competition of the 2012 World Cup series wrapped up November 17 and 18 in Kranj, Slovenia, with native Mina Markovic and Austria's Jakob Schubert taking home the gold.

  • Patrick Edlinger Reported Dead

    A French newspaper is reporting that Patrick Edlinger, one of the great free climbers of the 1980s, has died at age 52. No details were given. Edlinger was one of the leading figures in the French sport climbing revolution, putting up numerous routes and free climbing as hard as 8c (5.14b) in the late 1980s.

  • DiGiulian, McColl Take Gold at PanAmerican Championships

    11/12/12 - Sasha DiGiulian swept this year's PanAmerican Championship, taking first place titles in both lead climbing and bouldering.

  • Records Fall In 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell

    10/3/12 - Rain and heat did not hold back the 270 competitors at the 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell, where big numbers were posted despite the tough conditions.

  • Atlanta World Cup Results

    10/1/12 - The world's best competition climbers battled it out in Atlanta over the weekend, as the U.S's only Lead Climbing World Cup in 2012 went off at the massive new Stone Summit gym.

  • Lead Climbing Only For 2020 Olympic Bid

    9/27/12 The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has announced that its bid for climbing to enter the 2020 Olympic Games will focus exclusively on lead climbing.

  • McColl Wins Overall World Championships

    9/20/12 - Last weekend marked the 2012 World Championships and an impressive showing by North American and international climbers alike, with Sean McColl winning the overall gold.

  • Puccio Wins 2012 Arco RockMaster Bouldering

    9/5/12 - From August 25 to September 2, many of the world’s best climbers competed in Arco, Italy, for the Arco RockMaster 2012, with U.S. climber Alex Puccio taking first in the bouldering event.

  • Stöhr, Gelmanov are 2012 Boulder World Cup Champs

    8/27/12 - The 2012 World Cup series continued August 26 in Munich, Germany, with its sixth and final bouldering competition of the season.

  • Lead World Cup Sees Japan, Netherlands on Top

    The eighth Lead Climbing World Cup of 2012 took place on August 10 and 11 in Imst, Austria, with Jorg Verhoeven of the Netherlands and Momoka Oda of Japan taking top honors.

  • Another Win for Japan in World Cup

    Sachi Amma scored his second win in a row at last weekend's Lead World Cup in Briacon, France, with Helene Janicot finishing first on the women's side.