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With bolting hardware so inexpensive, why did we feel the need to steal from each other? The deeds came back to bite us.

Crack gloves may be all the rage. But there's still value in knowing how to tape up like a pro.

The fall is safe, at least, if a bit exciting.

Longtime coach Neil Gresham lays out the secrets to success that have worked time and again for his climbing students. They'll work miracles for you, too.

The 20-year-old sent four 5.14s (two trad, two bolted, all classic) and two 5.13 stem corners, in just over a month.

Ruana's 17-day battle with "The Ice Knife Stand" (V15) is a great reminder of why I don't siege nemesis boulders... and some other things too.

Climbers possess a handful of traits that are potentially attractive to your business

Perhaps most exciting is the Generator’s sub categories: mid top or low, and high- or low-volume fit.

Enjoy these three chapters—The Summit, Copyright on Enjoyment, and Erasing Art—from our former Editor-in-Chief's newest book, 'The Zen of Climbing'

Revere but replace. You'll be amazed and amused at all the other uses people come up with for them.

Plus the two best climbing films of the week.

It’s heinously easy to overdo it on a bouldering board... and overdoing it negates any gains you might make. Planning and discipline play important roles in a healthy board practice.

Over the course of 12 days in Bern, Switzerland, more than 400 competitors from 54 different countries participated in four different disciplines, ultimately coming to a crescendo with 10 Olympic berths. Here's what happened.

The event boasted the largest lineup of paraclimbers ever seen on a world stage—203 athletes competing in 17 different classification categories.

When both lead ropes get cut in the Potrero, the author is doomed unless the unexpected and unexplained can intervene.

Sometimes it’s better to stay on-edge.

Your shoulders are crucial to climbing—they are the axles around which all upper-body climbing movement rotates. We ask a lot of them and their fragile ligaments and tendons. Strengthening them is imperative to progressing.

Following the conclusion of the Speed World Championships, Hunt has secured her invitation to the 2024 Paris Games.

How Jonathan Siegrist, possibly the most prolific sport climber in the United States, trained his anti-style and went from a vertical crimp specialist to a steep cave crusher.

Hit a plateau? There’s no need to switch up your training routine, nor incorporate hangboarding. All you have to do to boost your climbing grade is relocate. To the Midwest.

The bag is eloquently uncomplicated

Most of us learn to feel comfortable on finger and hand jams relatively quickly. But off-hands? Fists? Corners? Those techniques don't come quite as easily.

After watching ‘Free Solo,’ the social worker knew he wanted to try climbing. Only his own doubts stood in his way.

Vedauwoo’s crack boulders are just as quality as its soaring splitters, yet their low height and minimal rack make them far more accessible.

Prolific Alaskan pioneer David Roberts made a dangerous first ascent on Denali, but after the death of a friend he questioned whether alpinism was worth the risk. 50 years later he found his answer.

Busy life and can't get to the climbing gym or rocks mid-week? Try this quick strength-building workout.

Plus: Jimmy Webb gets revenge & Americans send hard in South Africa

When they’re bad, the redpoint jitters can reach such a distracting crescendo that I’m shaky and robotic on the rock. I’ve had to learn strategies for approaching that relaxed, unattached state.

Retreating ice continues to yield bodies across the Alps

The belay had three bolts yet he only clipped one, and didn't use a single locking carabiner.

Faced with a serious pump, this climber tried to clip in a very strenuous position.

Sometimes the hardest part of climbing is not climbing.

What’s a mentor? The author’s quest for self examination puts a disciple in harm’s way, not that it's his fault, it's the way he was brought up.

Pelvic problems are overwhelmingly prevalent—but they do not need to be accepted as part of life.

Check out R. Bryan Simon and Seth C. Hawkins's author page.

"I survived the sort of trauma that utterly breaks people, and climbing by itself isn’t a silver bullet for recovery."

Interestingly, the star cooler was created by a company within a country which has decidedly little to do with the cooler business

A primer for modern-day climbers on this vanishing—but still necessary—art.

Seven tips—to work on now and continually—for mastering the nuances of falling and catching falls.

Climbing has a knack for teaching hard-learned lessons—especially the ones I didn’t want to learn.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

A new film follows two climbers on their quest to normalize the partnerships between able-bodied and adaptive climbers and raise awareness about accessibility barriers

The film takes us from glacier to summit, highlighting the tip-thrashing cracks, portaledge cook-offs, and poopy travails of living on a wall.

The route is all but in the bag, just as soon as everything starts going my way.

Check out Paige Claassen's author page.

"After those first few days, I noticed that he hadn’t used the bathroom—he’d been too afraid to remove his harness leg loops. On day four..."

Projecting is intimidating—especially if you’re working this airy route.

Buildering is a discipline with a long history at the fringes and limitless possibility for the future.

Improve faster and avoid injuries by climbing just below your limit—roughly 80 percent of your maximum ability—about 90 percent of the time.

So where are all the climbers?

A Valley first timer gets a rude awakening on the particular brand of greasy holdless granite that eats the unaccustomed for lunch.

"It wasn’t until now, years later, that I’ve really come to realize what Steph realized all that time. Accidents don’t end during the ambulance ride, or even with apology publications years after the fact."

Uneven stances, hanging belays, anchors, roots and rocks your rope can snag on...belaying outside is full of hazards that aren't replicated in the gym. Here are some strategies to keep both the climber and belayer safe and secure.

I think about that fall nearly every day, and wonder if it had had to happen that way. The experience was one of many that have since made me reflect on the “things” going on around us, unseen and unknown.

Put both arms behind your head, and grab a double gaston. It’s not great, but it’s OK. Hang off that and wrap your right leg around the left side of your body. Way further than that.

Climbers do a lot of random exercises in hopes of getting more power. But the most effective thing they can do is adjust how they lift weights.

Exploring the small island's tufa-laden limestone sport routes, some requiring hair-raising rappels to precarious stances above the sea.

Unfortunate developments are: the price, the excessive use of plastic, the feeding of the pervasive and socially-sanctioned consumerism, and, far and wide, the zippers and drawstrings. 

THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP: Vadim Timonov flashes V14; Max Bertone does his second 5.14d; Watch Jakob Schubert send a 5.14d deep water solo.

"I was belaying from a ledge high up on the wall at 2 a.m. when my partner called 'off belay.' I was so out of it that I responded by untying myself from the rope."

Andrew Evans was on ‘Gardiner Buttress’ in the Beartooth Mountains when the incident occurred.

You can climb even harder when you get older, but you need to follow a specific training plan that balances endurance, strength, and power equally—emphasis on plan.

Their commitment, at least, deserves high praise.

Climbing is hard when it's hot. But these warm-weather tactics will help you excel. Plus: Here are our 12 favorite warm-weather climbing destinations!

When Ken Murphy soloed up an overhanging route to help a climber in a dire situation, he said, climbing “never felt so easy.”

Improving your mental-game can be easy. Seriously.

Check out Matt Samet's author page.

Todra Gorge has world-class limestone with hundreds of routes for every skill level. Here’s what to know when planning a trip. 

We posed your top questions to our resident outdoor nudist funhog

The granola brand bolsters naked hiking communities with a system to review the country’s top nude hikes

A possible criteria for evaluating how to manage route maintenance and evolution over time

The crux of 'Magical Thinking' has an 80-plus-foot fall potential—with a leg-snapping slab lurking below.

Last year it was 'The Crew' (5.14c). This year, it'll be 'Fat Camp' (5.14d). This year alone, the 21-year-old has already put down three 5.14d's and his first 15a.

A stripped-back list of do’s and don’ts to keep in mind when hiking in the buff

Professional climber and coach Neil Gresham's advice for training yourself to grip holds just enough, and not so much you waste power.

For years this was the Mountain Project profile I used until, in late spring 2023, I realized I'd had enough. I killed off Pinklebear coldly and without remorse.

How many have you climbed?

The IFSC’s World Cup circuit rolled into Briançon, France, this weekend. It was the last stop on the circuit’s European swing before the upcoming World Championships.