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.