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Tired of failing on single moves because you lack the power to do them? Then this power program is for you.

Check out Anthony Walsh's author page.

An aesthetic film about Aidan Roberts putting up new hard lines in the Lake District—and repeating some classics.

Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou's 4-week plan will prepare you for those wicked overhangs.

The eight-pitch route tackles an impressive arete on Switzerland’s Petit Clocher du Portalet.

Check out Kevin Corrigan's author page.

During a Bouldering World Cup, inappropriate slow-motion footage of a female athlete was aired. What does it mean for climbing when the IFSC and the climbing community effectively condones the objectification of female athletes?

Do you want to be more comfortable taking lead falls? Mateusz Haładaj shows us one way to expedite the process...

It's a tension line with toehooks and sidepulls, and it sure looks pretty hard.

The Access Fund is hiring seasonal stewards to help minimize climbing’s environmental and cultural impacts in Indian Creek. It’s a model that will soon go national. 

Angie Payne, three-time national bouldering champion and first woman to climb V13, teaches us how we can level up our bouldering game.

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If you match your nutrition to your training, you’re all but guaranteed to benefit.

Check out Owen Clarke's author page.

Thousands of activists now face persecution in Afghanistan. Some of them are climbers.

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The Women's Trad Festival has climbing clinics, yoga sessions, and post-cragging presentations—all the fixings for a classic weekend.

After saving a few lives on Everest's North Ridge, Warner was struck by an errant oxygen canister—and had to save himself.

On one Colorado Fourteener, bolt cutters and saws have become the weapons of choice in a battle pitting the future of climbing against its past.

Check out Keely Dickes's author page.

The team at Ascend, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit, is working to ensure the safety of its staff and students.

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Vitaliy Musiyenko connected two Grade VI ridges in the Sierra Nevada to create the 32-mile Goliath.

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Royal Robbins, Tom Frost, Yvon Chouinard, and Chuck Pratt teamed up to take down the first ascent this groundbreaking route on El Capitan.

More climbers than ever are working from home—and are feeling the strain of 40 hours behind a computer. Here's how to rest up.

More climbers than ever are working from home—and are feeling the strain of 40 hours behind a computer. Here's how to rest up.

Matt Fultz dominated his first Hueco Rock Rodeo—on rock he had never touched. The low-key Idahoan has quietly become one of the best boulderers in the world.

A short film about the daughter of two high-level climbers having a great day outdoors.

For a child with autism, finding climbing was the greatest gift.

Doesn't seem like a big deal, your dog is behaved, right? Problem is, not everyone loves Fido.

Learn the tricks for dialing in finger cracks from expert Pete Whittaker.

When Drew Hulsey started climbing he weighed 300 pounds and wondered if the ropes would hold. He found out that they would, and found a community that embraced him. Now he sets an example that inspires others to join him.

Here are nine tips to keep you safe on your next big objective.

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Mountain Rescue Aspen team members were attempting to recover the body of a man who had fallen from the ridge when a barrage of rocks struck them.

The Curious Doctor has released a video about how we use (or fail to use) biomechanics to our advantage when climbing.

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A routine climb in the Canadian Rockies turns nightmarish when a grizzly bear has two climbers scrambling for their lives.

America's Olympic sport-climbing medalist on the shock of advancing to finals, how he got to the Games, what it means and what's next.

It's virtually impossible to try your hardest when you're worried about taking a whip.

It is already being touted as one of Tuolumne Meadows' proudest lines.

Injuries from elbow tendonitis and shoulder misalignment are far easier to prevent than to rehabilitate. Here are three simple exercises that should be part of your everyday routine.

A new consumer and retail trade show in Salt Lake City unveils the latest offerings in this sneak peak.

Formerly known as the Temple Project, Pneuma tackles the center of a dappled, black-streaked face in Tensleep Canyon and is sure to become a classic for those who climb the grade.

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Implausible as it sounds, Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland did just that in Tokyo 2020's Sport Climbing combined event.

The Finals were a wild ride, with who would win and who wouldn't shifting like sand as the competition progressed. What didn't change? The grit and courage shown by all the athletes, as captured by the lens of photographer Ryu Voelkel.

Check out Brian Rigby's author page.

This past year Brooke Raboutou went outside and climbed in Rocky Mountain National Park. Was that any kind of factor? Just maybe.

Adaptive climbers are taking the “dis” out of disability with their boundary-pushing accomplishments, and there’s nowhere to go but up.

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It's easy to say that speed climbing shouldn't have been in the Olympics, that it's not "real" climbing. Here's why those notions are just wrong.

Looking for a partner on Facebook, one climber ends up with "Bob" who proceeds to hit the hippie lettuce before climbing.

Brooke Raboutou didn't medal, but she gave an OIympic performance, and is worthy of being on a podium by herself.

Alex Johnson, who was an early peer on the U.S. Team, recalls the time Coleman won his "first" silver. And what made him stand out.

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Sport Climbing was exhausting to watch, four days of high-level focus from the athletes and spectators. It was at times a bumpy and confusing road with many forks, most generated by an oddball scoring system. Here, we present the highs and lows.

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The best in the world dominated Boulder finals while Raboutou's strong showing puts her in good shape heading into Lead finals, where the Gold, Silver and Bronze in climbing's first-ever Olympics will be determined.

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Smart setting is giving bouldering the traction it needs to stay an Olympic sport. Can lead keep up?

The speed wall didn't go well for most of the climbers, then one boulder was too easy, the others too hard.

Colin Duffy gives a breakdown on what it was like to compete in Sport Climbing's first Olympic event.

In a surprise lead finish the young Spanish climber took the gold while Ondra finished out of the medals.

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When I first saw the Petzl Sakover Chalk Storage Bag—essentially a storage bag for your chalk bag, or maybe a “chalk-bag-for-a-chalk-bag”?—I thought it was a nothing, a trifle. That lasted about 1.5 seconds.

The mens' speed final was filled with slips and a false start. Ondra had personal best.

Don't know who will be competing tonight? Here's the list.

Janja got off to a terrible start, speed PRs fell, Seo proved she was worthy, Nonaka hurt her wrist, and other news from today's women's sport climbing qualifiers.

Check out Francis Sanzaro's author page.

If the Olympics happened in her era, she'd have been there. Now Hill is watching Brooke, whom she has known since the young climber's infancy.

It's the Olympics anything can happen, but let's make a few predictions anyway.

Alfredo Webber bolted the line in 2017, never imagining he would rise to the challenge

A torn biceps tendon has knocked the Frenchman out of finals potentially upsetting the medal apple cart.

The Games seemed too clean, too organized, too commercial to ever accept climbing and for likewise that climbers would never accept it.

Check out Delaney Miller's author page.

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