Weekend Whipper: Now THAT’S a “Practice” Fall!
Do you want to be more comfortable taking lead falls? Mateusz Haładaj shows us one way to expedite the process...
More Power! A Woman’s Guide to Bouldering Strength
Angie Payne, three-time national bouldering champion and first woman to climb V13, teaches us how we can level up our bouldering game.
Climber Still Recovering Months After “Anal Impalement” Accident at Rock Gym
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Women Show Their Grit at UK Trad Climbing Festival
The Women's Trad Festival has climbing clinics, yoga sessions, and post-cragging presentations—all the fixings for a classic weekend.
Tinder Doesn’t Have a ‘Climbers’ Filter, but This New Dating App Does
Check out Keely Dickes's author page.
Over 80,000 Feet of Climbing in California is Enchained for the First Time
Vitaliy Musiyenko connected two Grade VI ridges in the Sierra Nevada to create the 32-mile Goliath.
Field Tested: Blue Ice Choucas Pro Harness
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Make the Most of Your Office-Bound Rest Day With These 12 Climber’s Hacks
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.
How Matt Fultz Became One Of The World’s Best Boulderers
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.
Weekend Whipper: Climbing Editor Eats It When Hold Snaps
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Legendary Alpinist Barry Blanchard Suffers Head Injury in Fall on Stairs
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Connor Herson, 18, Establishes Steep and Rope-Stretching 5.14- in Tuolumne
It is already being touted as one of Tuolumne Meadows' proudest lines.
Deal of the Week: Packs, Bags, and More
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Video: Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher Rage Up the Eiger’s Hardest Route In a Day
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Weekend Whipper: Ground Up Highballing, Craters Onto Spotters
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A 12- and 52-year-old Team Send Pure Dreaming (5.14d) after 400 Combined Tries
Alfredo Webber bolted the line in 2017, never imagining he would rise to the challenge
Smokin’ Deals to Keep You Climbing Strong All Summer
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Behind the Olympic Curtain: Photo Gallery of the Final Training Session
Our on site photographers Jon Glassberg and Jess Talley captured climbing's Olympians before they take the big stage.
Q&A: Olympian Colin Duffy Talks Slab Climbing, Schooling, and the Competition Circuit
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Brooke Raboutou on the Olympic Journey, Mental Preparation and Her Biggest Weaknesses
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A Frank Interview With Climbing Olympian Adam Ondra
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Video: Olympic Sport Climbing Silver Medalist Nathaniel Coleman
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Weekend Whipper: Head Smacking Fall, Helmet Likely Saved His Life
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Video: “Babsi” Zangerl Cranks Greenspit 5.14 Trad for First Female Ascent
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Avalanche on K2 Claims Famed Scottish Mountaineer Rick Allen
Allen was attempting a new route on K2’s southeast face
Video Exclusive: How Olympian Kyra Condie Deals With High Level Pressure
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Video: “The Alpinist” Trailer With Marc-André Leclerc Will Blow Your Mind
We caught up with filmmaker Austin Siadak to talk soloing, climbing Torre Egger with Marc, and his favorite part of The Alpinist.
Are the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Cursed? A Political Scientist Weighs In
Political scientist and former Team USA athlete Jules Boykoff explains why the Tokyo Olympics could finally break the IOC and change the games forever.
Deal of the Week: Camping Gear
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Video: US Olympic Head Coach Josh Larson On the “Opportunity of a Lifetime”
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5 Classic (and Cringeworthy) Video Game Climbing Sequences
“Climbing video games” are (almost) always duds, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been a few epic climbing scenes here and there.
Weekend Whipper: “I’m Really Scared” Blown Onsight on Runout 5.12
A botched sequence, a foothold missed, and a long fall over opposed nuts!
10 Things to Watch for at the Olympics
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Not Even an Open Bivy at 5500 m Could Stop this Bold Peruvian First Ascent
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Spectators Think Climbers Are Failures. IFSC President Hopes to Change That
The president opens up about the Olympics, that highly publicized lawsuit with Japan, some ongoing efforts to combat doping, and what’s in store after Tokyo
Deal of the Week: Sport Cragging
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We Need to Rethink World Cup Competitions. Seriously.
Where is trad climbing in World Cups? Where are the alpine and mountaineering aspects? Comp formats need to change, obviously.
Watch Babsi Send 5.14d Before It Gets Quarried Into Building Blocks
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The Key to Improving Your Climbing? Heavy Metal
How one under-valued genre could make all the difference
VIDEO: Niccolò Ceria Climbs Kandertal’s Incredible Lichen-Laced Stone
The zebra-striped boulders of Kandertal, Switzerland provide an aesthetic canvas to pull hard
Cesare Maestri, Legendary and Divisive Italian Climber, Dies at 91
Maestri is best known for controversy surrounding climbs on Cerro Torre in Patagonia---his debunked claim of the first ascent of the peak in 1959, and his subsequent Compressor Route on it in 1970---but his other achievements in and around Europe make him a standout figure in world climbing.