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Oh, your Tinder date climbed the world’s highest peak? I’m unimpressed.

It's a fantastical, unbelievable story, but the unbelievable really happened.

The Scottish climber has just opened what may be one of three V16s in the UK.

Who said sport climbers can't take gear rippers?

Climbing straight on, hips parallel to the rock is the natural way to climb, but on steep rock this technique drains power and limits your reach. Learn the proper way to outside edge and step through and you will boost your performance without having to get stronger.

There's something magical about doing big routes in faraway places. But on these walls it's important to have your systems and tactics totally ironed out.

Zofia Reych’s work spans the full gamut of climbing’s history and manifold disciplines, blended with engrossing anecdotes from their own climbing story.

More risky behavior, as if climbing the proper way isn't dangerous enough.

Hangboards and TRX routines can get awfully old... And they'll only get you so far on their own.

Climbing is a jargon-filled sport. And sometimes the jargon isn't even a complete word—it's an abbreviation.

The 36-year-old Norwegian is already ahead of Nims Purja’s schedule on the 14 peaks. She tells us her mission is to prove that high-altitude expeditions aren’t just a man’s game.

Failure in climbing can mean many things: disappointment, sadness, even injury or death. According to Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, failure is, once we recover from it, one of our most powerful tools.

Originally published in Ascent, in 2012, under the title, "In the Name of Kor," Chris Kalous's classic feature dives into the notion of influence—specifically as it pertains to his obsession with one of climbing's original icons, Layton Kor.

The 1970s were heady times in Yosemite, ruled by the high kings of rock, The Stonemasters. And then there were the HoseMasters, ordinary climbers who did something extraordinary.

Harnesses, shoes, carabiners, oh my! Top climbing brands reveal new and soon-to-be-released gear for climbers at Utah’s outdoor trade show.

Every climber wants stronger fingers, but few really know how to power up our key connectors. Here are tips for getting fingers of steel.

C-clamps mount over most any doorway and don't harm the trim or walls. Choice of three grips: textured holds, rings and bar.

Young and eager for adventure the author and his gang of few pushed bouldering standards higher and higher until the line between bouldering and soloing vanished.

Last month Bouin got the first repeat of an Ondra 5.15b (downgrading it to 5.15a after finding a kneebar) and FA’d a 430-foot long 5.15b/c. Now, with Adam Ondra’s “Change,” he’s added another 5.15c to his epic summer ticklist.

Think you are good at problem solving? Then try decyphering these brain twisters from the climbing world.

The large, rectangular footprint was perfect for Forest Service campsites across the Rocky Mountain West, as well as city-park camping and crashing in friends’ backyards.

Racking them, placing them, threading them, stacking them, trusting them. Here's what you need to know about using nuts.

Think expedition climbing sounds glamorous? Allow pros Bronwyn Hodgins and Jacob Cook to pull back the curtain.

It's easy to push your training too far, and get injured or see negative progress because you are doing too much. Knowing when to end a training session can be subtle. A climbing coach's tips for guiding you through these murky waters.

Climbers always think they're injured. They're not injured, they just climb too much! But when it comes to something as urgent as our own performance, climbers will tell themselves anything but the truth.

For five decades Dean Fidelmen has been Yosemite’s artistic don. But he’s still evolving. Now, after a three-year hiatus, he’s bringing his Stone Nudes calendar back. With some twists.

HBO just released the third episode of the Edge of Earth series, which features Emily Harrington and Adrian Ballinger free climbing on Pik Slesova, an El Cap-sized tower in Kyrgyzstan. The publicity around this show has shed light on the complexities of reporting big wall ascents.

The Gorge is a "wild land of superb and serious climbing where every climb is unique, and demands technical skill, unadulterated burliness, and usually a key piece of gear that keeps it G rated."

Pull-ups are the most commonly practiced training exercise for climbing, yet how much do we really know about them?

How to get started climbing cracks, from finger-size to the wide stuff, and the sizes in between. Also: How to use your feet in cracks.

Josh Wharton and Vince Anderson have done the first integral ascent and first free ascent of the Italian route "Suerte" (5.13a, WI6, M7, 3,500 feet) on Jirishanca (20,100 feet) after turning around just four pitches from the summit in 2019.

Not only was the belayer unanchored, another climber sharing the ledge wasn't roped in. If the nut had pulled ...

The world’s highest mountain is a sought-after prize, though rampant commercialization has significantly changed the climbing experience.

The Ratstaman Vibrations project was made semi-famous by a 2012 Petzl video of Chris Sharma bolting the line and working the moves; it memorably includes a gigantic sideways dyno [insert Sharma scream] to a flat edge.

Most climbing clinics have boring agendas of played-out rope skills. Here are the clinics we actually need.

No water, no sleeping bag, dead car battery, thorns and wind, punctuated Largo's road trip south of the border. And those were the highlights.

Communication can be the difference between life and death in mountaineering. Climbers Scott Lehmann and Shayna Unger know that as well as anyone.

Something as simple and base as fear could hold you back from climbing your best. Here's how to improve your mental game and up your grade potential.

Climbing stinks, really stinks. Knowing this is the first step toward doing something about it.

Catalan climber Edu Marín made the second free ascent of the legendary Nameless Tower route Eternal Flame (VI 7c+/5.13a 2,100 feet) on July 20, supported by his brother and 70-year-old father.

The science behind fear and how to overcome it to achieve your climbing goals.

He was known for this first ascents, which remain unequalled for volume and quality, and for detailed guidebooks. What isn't known is how his monomaniacal drive to climb and document sometime got Fred into hairy situations.

He was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Then he lost nearly everything to the Oak Fire. Climbing grounds him, as it always has.

A photo by photo look at how the grips we love are made.

In 2007, Kelly Cordes and Colin Haley linked two monster routes to climb Cerro Torre base-to-summit in 32 hours. And you know what? It's all good, brah. ...

3 billion people tuned in to climbing in Tokyo a year ago. Climbing can't ever be the same.

Over two decades ago this Slovenian, in a newly minted World Cup competition scene, helped pave the way for today superstars and even the Olympics themselves.

What bouldering is, how to do it, why, and what the future of bouldering looks like.

There’s a lot of hype about eccentric strength training. What are the benefits for climbers?

"The bottom line is that climbing your best and pushing yourself are sometimes uncomfortable."

Get this high elevation rock while you can!

He survived avalanche, crevasse fall, storm, being struck by lightning, but always scraped through, somehow.

Win a cutting-edge new summer kit just in time for climbing season

Is America’s best bouldering is above 9,000 feet? Some of us think so. Here’s what you need to know to hit the country’s finest alpine areas.

Sean Allen was a longtime climber. He went missing after hiking alone.

We hate to lay blame. But it couldn't have hurt...

From July 11–16, Bru Brusom and Marc Toralles established “Ànima de corall” (5.12a A3 AI 5 M6; 3,600 feet) up the infamous “Touching the Void” mountain.

We all love near-miss stories: the ones that end happily, that you can laugh about because nothing really bad happened. But some stories are more miraculous than others. Here are lucky tales from climbers who had the odds stacked way, way against them.

We are all our own worst enemies. Here’s how to get off your own toes and send.

In 2020, Chris Sharma established a Trick or Tree, a 5.14a deepwater solo in Spain’s Mont-Rebei Gorge. These climbers took standup paddleboards down the river looking for more climbing potential. Instead they found themselves mired in drought. 

The author held Johnny Dawes, one of Britain's most influential and accomplished climbers, in the highest regard. Now, if he could just repeat one of his climbs ...

If you observe any of these symptoms in your friends or in yourself, don’t delay. Consult your crag doctor as soon as possible. Together, we can beat common climbing diseases.

It's safe to safe that most 5.15 climbers are full-time and sponsored, but this Landerite pounds nails by day, and rock by night.

“If you knew nothing about the crag, you’d look at the line from the ground and be like ‘Wow. No. That’s totally crazy. I will never be able to do that.’ But when I knew the crag and the style and the kneebars and how to take down the rope, I was like ‘Yeah, it’s possible.’ ”

Learning how to try hard is hard. And it’s so easy to be stupid.

Two best friends battled every difficulty you can imagine, and some you can't.

The American is a pioneering mixed and alpine climber, and one of the best female free soloists of all time.

What to look for in buying your first set of draws, and a list of some of our favorites.

Sasha DiGiulian believes that the power of sport has the ability to connect communities and play a positive role to affect change in the world we share, starting with a small village in Greece.

Stonemaster John Long recounts his time with Jeff, a one-time climbing bum and the son of an affluent family. Jeff leaves climbing and dutifully follows his family's riches, while John stays true to the only rule that counts.

The rocks below a solo aren’t the only things that hurt when you slip.

The Canadian climber was largely unknown for much of his short life, but was among the most bold, talented, and prolific solo alpinists of his generation.

On July 21, Bouin made the first ascent of Nordic Marathon, in Flatanger, Norway. The route ascends through the steepest part of the Hanshelleren Cave and gives a new definition to the word long.

Single? Double? Dry? Double dry? Here's what you need to know to buy your first climbing rope.

"We hadn’t accomplished our goal of free-climbing 'The Diagonal,' but it was one of the wildest days of my life. After that, I stopped climbing for a few months, spooked."

The Acquisition by the Carolina Climbers' Coalition and Access Fund Secures 32 Acres of Hardwood Forest with More Than 100 Boulder Problems

Climbing can be a way to practice facing fear, coping with adversity, pushing yourself through hardship, or just learning how to stay present in the face of difficulty. But after losing my dog, I learned grief just doesn't get easier.

I have this knot I’ve invented, a take-off on the trace-8, and am wondering if it would weaken the rope?

Master the standard knot for tying in to the rope

If you can't use the hold, you can't do the move. If you can't do the move, you won't do the route. Nina Williams makes the case for why sport climbers must train power