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Massive Southeast Pillar of Ultar Sar (7300m) Finally Climbed!

“It doesn’t ever abate. You have to keep given’ er all day every day.”

Anthony Walsh

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Interview: Balin Miller’s Bold Solo of 9,000-foot ‘Slovak Direct,’ Denali

Anthony Walsh

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Last Week’s Paralympic Climbing Announcement Left Some Athletes Stunned. Here’s Why.

Suzie Hodges Irby

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Oak Flat Climbing Area Is Safe From an International Mining Company—For Now

Maya Silver

My Epic

Rescue

For Safety's Sake

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Outside Fest Was Awesome. Only 350-Something More Days ’til Next Year!

Our favorite mostly climbing-themed moments from this annual festival in Denver

Maya Silver

Cristian Brenna, Champion Italian Rock Climber and Alpinist, Dies in Fall

Federico Bernardi

Kate Kelleghan and Laura Pineau Become the First Women to Complete the Yosemite Triple Crown

Sam MacIlwaine

Yosemite Bans Large Flags on El Cap and Other Walls

Maya Silver

Colley, Tippett, and Adams Set 22-Hour Speed Record on One of El Cap’s Hardest Aid Routes

Oliver Tippett

7 Climbers Rigged a Trans Pride Flag Over El Cap. Here’s What They Want You To Know.

Sam MacIlwaine

“I Wanted a Fight”: Will Moss Becomes First Person to Flash El Cap in a Day

Anthony Walsh

Adam Ondra Just Did the Hardest Trad Flash of All Time—5.14 R

Anthony Walsh

Will Bosi Proposes His “Hardest First Ascent,” A New V17

Owen Clarke

From V16 to Big Walls: Pietro Vidi Makes the Second Ascent of ‘Lurking Fear’

Sam MacIlwaine

Three Climbers Killed After 400-Foot Fall in Washington

Owen Clarke

Alex Pancoe Died on Makalu. Friends Say He Climbed With “An Incredible Sense of Purpose.”

Owen Clarke

After Losing Six Toes to Frostbite, Anna Pfaff Is Back in the Game

Sam MacIlwaine

Hamish McArthur Sends Colorado V17 in a Single 3-Hour Session

Anthony Walsh

Katie Lamb On Becoming the First Woman to Climb V16 (Again!)

Owen Clarke

Filming in National Parks Just Got Easier—Expect More Climbing Content

Sam MacIlwaine

“I Had To Become Invisible.” Hamish McArthur Makes First Repeat of ‘Megatron’ (V17).

Owen Clarke

Will Oak Flat Soon Become a 1,000-Foot-Deep Crater?

Sam MacIlwaine

Lonnie Kauk Found Guilty of Domestic Violence

Maya Silver

Sam MacIlwaine

Brette Harrington’s Epic First Ascent in Sardinia

Sam MacIlwaine

8 Ways Tariffs May Impact Climbing Gear

The Editors

Rappel-Anchor Failure in Patagonia Prompts Impressive Rescue Effort

Anthony Walsh

Finally! Climbing Will Have 3 Medal Categories at 2028 Olympics

Maya Silver

Brooke Raboutou Solves ‘Excalibur,’ Becoming First Woman to Climb 5.15c

Owen Clarke

The First Xenon-Powered Everest Climb Is Coming This Spring

Frederick Dreier

Kelleghan and Pineau Set New Women’s Speed Record on the Naked Edge

James Lucas

New Law Proposes Maximum 5-foot Distance Between Climbing Bolts on U.S. Federal Land

Owen Clarke

Katie McKinstry Stylos Just Broke the Glass Ceiling for Women in Drytooling

Corey Buhay

A Drytooling Winter Ascent of the Diamond in Colorado Sparks Heated Debate

Anthony Walsh

What Climbers Need to Know About the New U.S. Entry Rules

Sam MacIlwaine

Inside a Bold, El Cap-Sized First Ascent in Remote Patagonia

Federico Bernardi

Touchstone Gym Union Negotiations Escalate to First-Ever Routesetter Strike

Sam MacIlwaine

The First All-Women Team Summited Denali 55 Years Ago. The World Forgot Their Story—Until Now.

Maya Silver

American Dirtbag Becomes 2nd Person to Tick Off New Zealand’s 100 Peaks Challenge. Para-alpinism was His Secret Weapon.

Cedar Wright

New Rules at Indian Creek Are Now in Effect. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Maya Silver

Two Women Die Climbing Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid). Here’s What Went Wrong.

Owen Clarke

How the Yosemite Climbing Community Is Reacting to DOGE Layoffs (Updated)

Gavin Feek

We Just Witnessed the “Largest Land Acquisition” in US Climbing History

Maya Silver

Northern Patagonia Is on Fire. Here’s How Climbers Can Help.

Nahir Vera

Ukrainian Ice Climbing Influencer Dies in Fall

Owen Clarke

Canadian Women Climb Big New 5.11 A0 in Remote Patagonia

Ripley Boulianne

Connor Runge and Anna Hazelnutt Get First and Second Ascents on Belly of the Beast (5.14b/8c) in El Salto

Maya Silver

Inside the First Free Ascent of ‘Bílý Rys’—Burly M9 Trad in Polish Tatra Mountains

Ripley Boulianne

Climber Narrowly Escapes Death After 80-foot Fall on Colorado Mixed Climb

Owen Clarke

Trump Just Renamed North America’s Highest Peak. We’re Still Calling It “Denali.”

Jayme Moye

Inside Balin Miller’s One-Week Soloing Spree in Patagonia and the Canadian Rockies

Anthony Walsh

Climber Dies After Rappelling Accident in Red Rock

Owen Clarke

Would You Let an AI Robot Belay You?

Alice Hafer

UPDATED: An Iconic Australian Rock Climbing Area Faces Widespread Closures

Maya Silver

The State of Utah Just Banned This Women’s Climbing Night

Paulina Peña

5 Climbing Films to Stream at AlpinFilm

The Editors

The Zoo at Red River Gorge Closes Indefinitely

Ryleigh Norgrove

The 9 Biggest Developments in Climbing This Year

The Editors

Seb Bouin Strikes Again, Establishing His Second Hardest Route to Date

Steve Potter

Congress Passes Act to Protect Rock Climbing

Maya Silver

National Park Service Ends Bid to Ban Fixed Anchors in Wilderness Areas

Maya Silver

El Cap Rhinoplasty: The Nose Gets Straightened

James Lucas

No Falls on the Big Stone: The Quest to Flash El Capitan

Owen Clarke

12 Songs to Wander in the Woods to This Summer from Sylvan Esso

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Inside the Stunning First Ascent of Pholesobi (6,651m)

Owen Clarke

Babsi Zangerl Becomes First Person to Flash El Capitan

Owen Clarke

Forget the Yosemite Triple… These Guys Just Did the Quad

Owen Clarke

Watch Sean Bailey Send ‘Shaolin’—America’s Newest Proposed V17

Steven Potter

Michaela Kiersch Sends ‘Dreamtime’—Becomes the First Woman to Send 5.15 and V15

Steven Potter

World’s First 5.14—and Many World-Class Crags—Will Be Closed to Climbers

Anthony Walsh

Ondrej Húserka Dies After First Ascent of Langtang Lirung’s East Face

Owen Clarke

Longtime California Climber Arrested on Rape Charges

Steven Potter

Marine Thevenet Becomes the 8th Women to Climb V15

Christopher Deuto

Americans Make Notable First Ascent of Remote Pakistani Peak

Owen Clarke

The Yosemite Triple Crown’s Speed Record Is Now Held By … Who?

Jayme Moye

A Climber We Lost: Maksym Petrenko

Owen Clarke

The Secret to This Everyman’s 5.13 Big Wall First Ascent? A Work-Life Balance

Corey Buhay

Sandy Irvine’s Remains Have Been Found on Everest. But the Mystery Endures.

Frederick Dreier

Less Is More Nutrition

Isopure

How to Watch USA Climbing Nationals

The Editors

Two Alpinists Were Trapped at 6,400m in the Himalaya When Rockfall Severed Their Rope

Owen Clarke

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