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Experts believe she is making statements under duress and it’s unclear if she is being held under detention or will face retribution.

Though he’s stepped out of the climbing spotlight in recent years and has always been a reclusive, enigmatic figure—a soft-spoken “man of the forest”—he has something new to offer the community.

Elnaz Rekabi placed fourth in this past weekend’s Asian Continental Championships. Then she went missing and rumors of her possible detainment circulated. 

Megos sent The Full Journey—a route with “a rather violent dead point”—after seven days of work.

New goodies are coming to the market soon!

Heidi Wirtz describes how to use stretches to warm up for and recover from a climbing session.

When you reach the Pearly Gates or the banks of the River Styx or Nirvana or wherever, no higher power is going to deny you access because you only sent 29 5.13s instead of 30; there will be no angel with a golden abacus tallying up your 8a.nu points to make sure you merit entry into the Promised Land.

The British Alpinist's abridged career was in many ways defined by his attempts to differentiate himself from his iconic mother's achievements. In the end, the resemblances are eerie.

Sit Starts, Drop Ins, and Things No One Has Thought Of Yet

Instead of leather, the Skwama Vegan uses a “SkinLike” insole, which is as comfortable as leather and conforms to the foot like leather but (surprise!) isn’t actually leather.

If Utah’s Department of Transportation can get funding for it.

Gyms are great and all. But you can get just as strong by consciously training during your outdoor sessions.

"The [route] description ironically says something like 'Don't blow the mantle at the top...' "

These are the kinds of excellent excuses we’d make if we were really being honest about our climbing performance.

At 78, climber, hall-of-fame skier, and former mountain guide Dick Dorworth had to make a difficult decision.

Camp Hale served as a training ground for the 10th Mountain Division during the Second World War, playing an important if indirect role in the creation of the outdoor industry.

Front levers are just plain hard. And mysterious, because they are complex movements that involve so much more than just having six-pack abs.

This curated selection of Glen Denny images captures the rawness and wild adventure of Yosemite in the 1960s.

Scarpa’s Quantix SF is a high-end all-arounder that outperforms many specialized shoes—and costs less.

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.

Violating the rule "never take your brake hand off the rope," is bad enough, but this belayer took it to a whole new level of danger.

I’ll level with you, dear reader: while I don’t trust gear reviews that don’t name at least a few cons, the only con here is the hefty price.

Things fall apart. In climbing, that can mean whole walls in far mountains, sections of cliffs from the San Jacintos to the Adirondacks and White Mountains, and iconic forms or features on area crags.

After a near-death climbing experience, I was inspired to dig deeper into the psychology of fear and learn about its effect on performance, how it wells up in the first place, and what we can do to deal with it. What I found will take your climbing to the next level—and could save your life.

Not all climbing sessions are equal. Pick the wrong one and you'll waste time and not improve.

A V16, a V15 first ascent, and a V14 first ascent… in just three days.

“But watching them climb got me psyched, and the upper crux felt very easy on top rope, so I thought I should just go for it.”

Hard climbing brings out the best in people. It also brings out the worst. If (when) things go south, here's how to turn it around.

We climbers love our labels, but figuring out just what type of climber you really are begs defining.

Every young competitor who thinks about cutting weight or calories should add this one to their list.

Pay your passion forward for the betterment of the planet.

The climbers were taking rappel cautions but clipped to a single old sling as their rappel anchor.

This one's got to hurt.

World champion climber Lynn Hill once called Katie Brown “the best female sport climber in the history of the sport”—but the meteoric rise of Brown’s climbing career was equally matched by her abrupt departure from the sport.

Short film: Skye Kolealani Razon-Olds rock climbs for the spiritual connection with her ancestors.

Prepare, Condition and remain consistent with these pull-up training tips from Tom Randall

Peter Habeler and Reinhold Messner took alpine tactics to the Himalaya, blowing minds and redefining the sport itself. Over 40 years later, they speak about the first oxygenless ascent of Everest, and the rift that broke up the greatest climbing partnership of all time.

A late-season climb in the Bugaboos turns south when, while on the wall, a heli lands, packs up our camp, and flies away without a word.

But it has changed.

Opinion: Climbers through the ages have found value intentionally courting risk. There's a reason for that. 

This year wasn’t a disaster—it had its jaw-dropping moments, but it also proved that the competition circuit is still in somewhat of a dizzy tailspin, the same one it has been in for three years.

Students attending a mountaineering course were buried by an avalanche in northern India, according to multiple reports.

In 2021, Verhoeven announced her retirement from competition climbing. She wanted to return to her outdoor roots, which she’s done with wild success.

It's time to conquer these holds and stabilize your wrists. Here's how.

The cave is so hidden and far-flung that thousands of climbers, searching for anything new, had over the years walked right past and never saw it.

In a new book, Jeff Smoot, author of “Hangdog Days,” launches an encyclopedic investigation into free soloing’s history… and why we do it.  

The American alpinist shares what it took to climb the 5,000-foot route on Cerro Chaltén.

It was sheer luck that saved his partner's life after he took him off belay on lead.

Enter for a chance to win a pair of Scarpa Drago or Drago LV climbing shoes

Here are 23 tips from veteran climbers for going outside. Whether you're new to the scene or a pro, they still apply.

Check out Kevin Corrigan's author page.

Knots were also used for record keeping in ancient China, and the Chinese Book of Changes, almost 2,500 years old, associates knots with contract and agreement.

Chelsea Walsh and Gavin Escobar died Wednesday in an apparent rappelling accident.

Maximum strength training teaches your body to do more with what it already has.

The death of Hilaree Nelson highlights a double standard that still exists with mothers in the adventure world

About as clean as any gear-ripper can be, anyway.

Rescuers arrived on the scene to find the two climbers deceased.

Tactics for that next-level super hard route.

The 30-year-old from France set a blistering record on Broad Peak. Then he took it too far.

Three fun and easy exercises that will work strength and reinforce technique.

Tactics such as fixed lines left in place, pre-stashing gear, jugger support (a partner jumaring to belay), and rappel rehearsal against traffic flow are often not acknowledged in social posts and news reports.

The 8,000er has recently become mired in controversy, with photographic analysis revealing that few climbers claiming ascents have reached the actual summit.

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.

Slugg's Bluff has roughly two dozen existing routes and more on the way. Permanently protecting this area is a big win for Upper Peninsula climbers.

After going missing on Monday while descending from the summit, Nelson was found by a search and rescue team.

Hold on, I know what you’re thinking! Celibacy solves nothing. But here's where you're wrong.

The mountain offers a blend of ferocious weather, altitude, and remote location, enough to challenge any climber.

Two days after Nelson went missing on Manaslu, details about the ski mountaineer's accident are emerging

An ice climber, a trad climber, a boulderer, and a sport climbing visit a fortune teller and learn their fates.

The author's gargantuan sausage fingers, swole from decades of rock tugging, are the stuff of circus tents.

The duo battled storms, rockfall, altitude sickness, and freezing temperatures to make the third free ascent of the 2,100-foot 5.13a, all in a continuous, no-falls push.

Nelson, 49, reportedly fell into a crevasse just below the summit while descending the peak on skis. Elsewhere on the mountain, an avalanche killed one climber and injured a dozen more.

A recap and results from this weekend's Lead and Speed event in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Watching Siegrist climb, it’s pretty clear why he thinks most climbers do “too much training and not enough practice.”

Dealing with undisciplined climbers who curse and have fits at the crag is an uncomfortable situation most climbers will deal with at some point.

Kids may be lighter than adults, but that doesn't mean you can skimp on safety thinking that your rig is "strong enough."

"It took me a few attempts of climbing higher and higher above the last two pieces to eventually feel confident to commit to the final runout."

Follow these five simple, experience-driven not-training tips and in just six weeks you will be no better of a climber than you are today—and possibly worse.

Sheffield's legendary training facility changed the history (and future) of our sport.

But you don't have to give up. Each of us as climbers can take steps to help stop the global warming trend.