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

Improve your finger strength with a hangboard workout and tips

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.

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."

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.

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 first free individual 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.

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 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 ...

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 everything you need to know before buying your next climbing rope.

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

Team USA's Jesse Grupper won his first gold medal, and Janja Garnbret did the expected at the Briançon Lead World Cup.

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This is a contender for "best whip of the year."

Want to climb harder? You'll probably need these mental tricks.

A visiting Brit arrived in this country just as sport climbing did, and witnessed the war between trad and sport.

To spray or not to spray... News of Shawn Raboutou's immediately classic V16 on the Dreamtime boulder has dropped months after the send.

Understanding how to climb a boulder before stepping on is crucial to (a) maximizing the usefulness of each effort and (b) sending fast. Nina Williams shares tips for how to visualize a boulder problem and break it down into small, easily digestible parts.

In the long run, technique will take you much further than a strong back and a vice grip. Instead of getting stronger, get better.

Pro climbers got where they are through training, practice and by learning what works on the rock and what doesn't. Here, some of their tricks for upping your game.

Nepali officials have denied a summit certificate to Russian mountaineer Katya Lipka, who flew a Ukrainian flag atop the world’s tallest peak

Ask before you flail, communicate, and know when to call it quits: here's how to hangdog without wearing down your belayer.

"I ran, ice axe gripped in one hand above my head, stretching for the other side, but . . . horror . . . the edge collapsed and I was falling."

Field Tested: Roll Recovery’s R1 is cheap, portable, and powerful, an excellent product that has insinuated itself into my daily routine.

Our parent company is launching a new NFT project, the Outerverse, to promote sustainability and get people outside

Climbing at your physical limit requires a five-star belay. Here’s how to cultivate one, and the types of sketchy belayers who are hopeless.

A detailed look at Outside Inc.’s first foray into Web3 and how it might improve our digital health and overall wellbeing

Chalk Plant hopes to raise funds through Web3 technology to build a climbing space in Brooklyn

The artist’s first-ever Web3 collection tells the story of his own journey into the outdoors

It was a double-rope rappel, but he only clipped his rap device to one rope.

You might be lighter than your partner, but you can still belay with confidence. The author shares tips from decades of climbing and guiding.

IFSC World Cups are competitions for lead, bouldering, speed, and... sometimes cheese.

An encounter with the undead would have turned back most people. But a big free wall awaited, and well ...