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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Garmin fēnix® 5 Plus Series GPS Watches
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Brad Gobright Climbs Hard Trad in Indian Creek
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Photo Gallery: The Films of Reel Rock 13
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Climbing Magazine T-Shirts
Great gifts for the climber in your life
Learn This: Big-Wall Meal Planning
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Trad Climbing Skills: Stuck Rappel Ropes
Everyone gets their rope stuck at some point. Internationally certified mountain guide Marc Chauvin recommends two solutions to help you solve most stuck rappels.
Chris Winter to Join Access Fund as New Executive Director
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Cragsters: Meet the Crag Royal
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: prAna Stretch Zion Straight Pants
The classic climber pants gets a straight-leg update
Climbing Holiday Gift Guide 2018
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Adam Ondra: Climbing the Americas (Part 1)—Midnight Lightning
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Photo Gallery: 30 Years of Redpoint Photography
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5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Wait Till 2023 to Start Training
Set yourself up for sending success next year by getting a head start on training now—while still enjoying some holiday treats.
Climbing Magazine Print Preview: December/January 2019
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Free Solo: One Man’s Quest for the Ultimate Abs
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Help Us Help You: Climbing Magazine's 2018 Reader Survey
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What the World Championships and Youth Olympics Can Tell Us About the Tokyo Olympics
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Basecamp: A Climbing Magazine Podcast—Mike Williams
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The Warm Up: Why Starting Off Slow Can Help Your Climbing
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Review: Black Diamond Mission 55 Pack
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Daniel Woods Makes the First Ascent of Box Therapy (V16) in Rocky Mountain National Park
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Desert Tower Climbing Pioneer Huntley Ingalls Dies at 90
During the 1960s Ingalls and Layton Kor established many of the most difficult, dangerous, and classic routes in Colorado and Utah together. Ingalls is remembered for his tower climbing, with FA’s of Castleton Tower, the Titan, Standing Rock, and North Six Shooter.
Desert Testpiece Century Crack (5.14b) Sees Third Ascent by Danny Parker
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The 2018 Photo Annual Gallery: 18 of the Year’s Best Climbing Photos
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Livestreams: IFSC World Cup 2018 Xiamen—Lead and Speed
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Dr.’s Orders For Eliminating Elbow Pain
Elbow pain is a common climbing malady, but you don't have to live with it, and you don't even have to get it.
Raised-Elbow Wrist Rotations
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Raised-Elbow Wrist Rotations
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Crusty Corner: Choadspotting—A Gym-Season Primer
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Funny: JAM—The Journey
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The Kids Are All Right
An old-school former climber tours Boulder’s youth comp scene and learns why it might be the best thing happening in the sport.
Opinion: The Free Solo Documentary Addressed Some Uncomfortable Truths, But Ignored Others
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Review: Coalatree Trailhead Adventure Shorts
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The Story of a First Ascent: Seb Bouin's Verdon Gorge 9a+/5.15a
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Climbing Photography: 3 Top Tips to Shoot Like a Pro
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Livestreams: IFSC World Cup 2018 Wujiang—Lead and Speed
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Beyond Conflicts: Adam Ondra Climbs Israel's First 9a/5.14d
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Yosemite Big Wall (Obscurity) First Ascents with Kevin DeWeese
DeWeese started climbing to quiet the voices in his head soon after his sister died in a car accident. Today, 17 years later—especially as he’s mid-pitch and strung out above a string of tipped-out bird beaks on a big wall—all is silent.
You Meant to Come Home: The Lives and Climbs of Hayden Kennedy, Scott Adamson, and Kyle Dempster
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Trailer: Reel Rock 13
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Review: Black Diamond Fineline Stretch Rain Shell
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Climb Smart: Prioritizing the Technical and Mental Aspects of Climbing
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Video: Jan Hojer Makes the Third Ascent of Es Pontas
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Behind the Scenes: How Climbing Harnesses Are Designed and Tested
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Review: Mountain Equipment Squall Hooded Jacket
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Review: Sterling 9.2 mm Aero DryXP Rope (60m)
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This Beer is Brewed with Climbing Chalk
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Huge Gains, Less Pain: Focus on the Rest to Climb Your Best
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Hayden's Line: Josh Wharton Honors Hayden Kennedy with New Eldorado Route
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Fashion Brand Sells the World's Most Expensive Nuts
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Climbing Nutrition: Maintaining Weight? Don’t Sacrifice Performance
Most climbers are not actively pursuing weight loss, but their diets passively reflect the desire to be light, which can hold them back.
TED: Alex Honnold—How I Climbed a 3,000-Foot Vertical Cliff Without Ropes
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The Climbing Q&A: Pro Photogapher Savannah Cummins
With big-mountain trips to Alaska, India, and Antarctica, Savannah Cummins is fast becoming known for her alpine and rock-climbing photography.
Trailer: The North Face Antarctica Expedition
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Review: Evolv Nighthawk and Skyhawk
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Basecamp: A Climbing Magazine Podcast—Pat Goodman / Jessa Goebel
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Alex Honnold's Freerider Free Solo: 360 Degree Video
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Listen to an Interview With Climbing Editor Matt Samet on the ReddyYeti Podcast
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Justin Simoni Climbs Up and Down the Second Flatiron 20 Times in a Day
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Review: Beal Escaper
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Paul Robinson Sends Delirium (V15) at Lincoln Lake, Colorado
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Grasping at Draws: Serious Climbers Only!
How the new school trains to train
Miranda Oakley: Big Wall Climber, Guide, and Yosemite Local
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Jim Reynolds: The Dark Horse
Meet the YOSAR beast and onetime Nose speed record holder
Livestreams: IFSC World Cup 2018 Kranj—Lead
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The Highs and Lows of El Cap Speed
Are big-wall speed climbers pushing too far?
Disordered Eating Poses a Danger to Climbers
Advanced female athletes are most at risk for eating disorders, a new survey reveals
Sam Elias: Driven to Climb
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Classic Climbs: High Planes Drifter
The story behind one of Bishop’s most prized (and misspelled) problems
Climbing Made Public: Sport Climbing Comes to Upstate New York at Thacher State Park
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Panel Discussion: Climbing on the Road to Tokyo
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Jimmy Webb in Eurofail 2018
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Three DIY Bouldering Workouts
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Livestream: Adidas Rockstars 2018
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Rock Exotica Silent Partner Sells for $1,400 on eBay (Updated)
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Frozen in Time: The New School Sport Climbs of the Flatirons, Colorado
Due to a bolting moratorium from 1989-2003, climbing activity essentially “froze” in Boulder's Flatirons, making them a living museum. The new routes that have gone up since 2003? Few and fantastic.
Re-Gram: Show Us Your #ClimberFeet
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Climbing out of a Hurricane: How Climbers Are Bringing Back Puerto Rico
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