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For GP81, the city's only remaining independent climbing gym, surviving in expensive Brooklyn has meant leaning on its community.

The fact that anyone could win is why we’ll all tune in starting August 5.

When we fail on large moves, most of us tend to think we just need to pull more and pull harder—and our training reflects this bias toward the upper body.

Some rivalries are just as career-defining as the actual accolades athletes earn on the wall.

“New Heights” is the first video game to capture the physics of rock climbing. Every climber should give it a try.

Astra Lincoln confronts the shame that kept her from the crag while on an international climbing trip.

A new video highlights the important role SAR teams play—and why we should help fund them. 

Speed climbers were dealt a rough hand at the Tokyo Olympics. This time around, we'll finally get to see who the best speed climbers in the world are.

Once you watch this clip, you’ll understand his revelation.

The IFSC has disqualified all American climbers scheduled to compete in Briançon after a representative failed to confirm their attendance.

With a field this stacked, it's hard to pick winners. But these eight women are leading the pack.

I never thought I would have to climb alone

Awardees will undertake projects that address barriers to sustainable climbing access while promoting conservation and stewardship

With an athlete field this stacked, it's hard to pick winners. But these nine climbers are all poised to excel in Paris.

In what he describes as a momentary lapse of judgment, Rajesh Lama decided to walk from his doorstep to the highest point on Earth.

Turns out, becoming your worst nightmare isn’t actually so bad.

Are you a climber with a deep editorial background? We want to hear from you.

Looking to blend climbing and leisure? You can't go wrong at one of these beachside climbing areas.

John Middendorf revolutionized portaledge technology, allowing climbers to survive terrible storms on big walls.

With a route name like “Slammin’,” perhaps this violent whipper isn’t so surprising.

For years, Sam Weir was one of Colorado’s most prolific boulderers, sending dozens of boulders graded V14 and V15 while also holding a full time job. When he moved to Europe, he largely dropped off social media. But he’s only gotten better.

An unknown American climber found the corpse, searched it for identification, and found a perfectly preserved driver’s license alongside various personal affects.

The White Rim in Canyonlands, Utah, has some of the world's best and hardest roof cracks. But climbing there takes planning and insider knowledge—get those permits now!

Giuliano Cameroni and Jimmy Webb weigh in on the June 30 landslides that hit the alpine valley of Bavona—home to many top-shelf boulder problems.

After getting dropped off by plane in a narrow, threatened valley, the “easiest” way back to civilization was up the giant East Face of Mount Hunter.

Sunna Shinn went from fundamentalist Baptist teacher to nonbinary climbing TikTok influencer in five years. As they learned to climb, they learned to embrace their queerness.

Becoming an Olympic climber involves submitting your body to intense training loads. And for that training to work, you've got to fuel correctly.

Watch this belayer’s gold-medal worthy performance.

It's been a long road to get here. Let's take a look at the history.

“Should I prioritize saving my life, or should I prioritize climbing? When I thought about it, I became convinced climbing was an essential part of my life.”

The United States is sending a full slate of eight climbers to Paris—four for the Speed discipline and four for the Combined Boulder & Lead.

How to watch Olympic Sport Climbing at Paris 2024 (Lead & Boulder Combined, or Speed).

OTG is ideal for boulderers and sport climbers with a performance-oriented mindset, particularly those who have an interest in combining training with nutrition. I was surprised to see numerical gains in my testing after just 4 weeks of training.

When a cadre of climbers developed one of New England’s biggest sport crags, weekend warriors came in droves. The problem? Climbing in Merriam Woods wasn’t exactly allowed.

Shoes are expensive! But these ones are a bit less so.

From historically dingy to gleaming and tall, these 13 artificial climbing paradises more than rival many "real" climbing destinations.

It’s not just errant legs that flip us upside down.

Our reviewer says La Sportiva has (finally) nailed their No Edge shoe tech with the Mandala. He quickly added the new-school weapons to his steep sport climbing quiver.

"Since so many modern climbers rarely leave the gym, I think the classic list of 10 essential survival items could use an update."

Grades were meant to guide climbers to appropriate challenges—but a new anti-grade sentiment seems to be gaining steam.

After we published what you might call a “review of the reviews” on the AllTrails page for Everest’s South Col route, admins took the page down.

After months of work (and more than a 100,000 vertical feet of hiking) Chase Leary and Andy Puhvel finally freed ‘Keel Haul’ (5.13c; 2,000ft). The crux is pitch is above 14,000 feet.

“I basically had a personal trainer!” our reviewer raved. “I don’t know what else I could’ve even asked for.”

The Belgian shared her experience on recent project La Planta de Shiva (5.15b) and what it’s like to be one of only four women to send the grade.

A fourth of July ascent, to see the fireworks from up high, went a bit haywire.

The 46-year-old was a beloved community leader in his local New Hampshire.

A group of activists, “Climbers with Palestine,” unfurled the 25-foot banner from El Cap Tower on Monday.

A family illness seemed to dash Harrison’s Olympic prospects. But in November 2023, he fought for a second chance.

The new HBO film "Here to Climb" offers an analytical and surprisingly candid exploration of Sasha DiGiulian's journey from solitary sport climber to team player. The film debuts Tuesday, June 18 at 9pm ET/PT on HBO.

Neil Gresham is an elite climber and coach, but he specializes in training V2-V6 mortals.

The most difficult challenge we climbers have ever faced is not the Dawn Wall. It’s explaining rock climbing to non-climbers.

Maybe cams placed in concrete aren’t that bomber after all.

The fine art of sending your dream routes without really trying.

I report on a lot of SAR calls and this Mazama debacle is one of the weirdest rescue stories I’ve ever heard

Pedro and Tomas Odell learned how to climb on the Cerro Chaltén skyline. Now, they’re leading a bold new wave of Patagonian alpinists.

To celebrate climbing and its diverse community, we've just published Ascent, a coffee-table worthy, special-edition, limited-run print magazine. It's available for purchase for $14.99.

Everest’s overcrowded South Col route has found its home on one of the world’s biggest digital hiking guides, where it’s “generally considered a very challenging route.”

In 2021, Kai Lightner helped open a free climbing wall outside Atlanta for an underprivileged community. City officials fought to take it down.

A time-honored tradition in North America is the summer climbing trip. We'd recommend these 10 spots.

Unlike their Nepalese counterparts, Pakistan’s untrained high-altitude workers seldom have their own guiding companies or receive acknowledgement for their vital role in mountaineering. But a shift could be on the horizon.

Where indoor climbing was once simply a way to train during the off season, it is now a sport unto itself—many gym climbers have no interest in ever climbing outdoors. How did we get here?

A few of the best skin care solutions on the market for sweaty palms, splits, bulbous calluses, and other skin woes.

“It was a little too close to the deck for comfort.”

Climbers like Adrian Ballinger and brands like Osprey have offered public support to two women who say Purja harassed and assaulted them in a recent ‘New York Times’ story. Others are moving cautiously.

The rope solo record on the notoriously slow ‘Salathe Wall’ was just shy of 20 hours. Honnold did it in 11.

"He used his status as a prominent climber to assault women in the rock-climbing community," said U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez of his decision to deliver the maximum sentence, "and when his victims began to tell, Barrett responded by lashing out publicly with threats and intimidation."

Stop using split tips as an excuse to not send your project. Learn how Molly Mitchell, Cameron Hörst, and Genevive Walker protect their skin while climbing.

Thundercat jammed, Diana Nyad hugged, Jimmy Chin autographed, and thousands of fans soaked up the stoke in Denver this past weekend

Coach and elite climber Cameron Hörst explains how sport climbers in the 5.10-5.13 range should train for the crag.

The Roll Up Stick Clip is a truly remarkable piece of gear. Just don’t look too closely at the price.

‘Anemology’ is one of just a handful 5.15b’s in the United States. Siegrist got the FA after seven weeks of effort.

This budding leader took a 30-footer trying to do her first 5.10.

Tsukamoto’s film is a delicate portrait of the climber Ashima and her father grappling with the possibility of greatness.

Martin Feistl, 27, was among the most talented and bold alpinists of his generation. He died after a 130-foot fall.

“I’m sure there must have been edges to make the foot placements better," says Jesse Dufton, "but because I can’t see, I didn’t find any. I’ve never known such pain in my calves.”

Coach and elite climber Cameron Hörst explains how boulderers in the V3-V9 range should train for the blocks.

Cannon has freed El Cap in a day, made the second ascent of 'Cowboy Direct' (VII 5.13a) on Trango Tower, and repeated 'Wet Lycra Nightmare' (5.13d A0) on the Leaning Tower. But his story is much deeper than that.

An incomplete list of classic routes climbed by our sport's wealthiest (at least until he gave his fortune away) dirtbag.

Mosquitoes, sweat, and warm beer. What’s not to like about Memorial Day? Don’t forget these 14 (discounted) items for your climbing road trip this long weekend.

“I pushed it until absolute failure and ended up taking the whip mid cam placement!”