That’s gotta hurt.

Gardner, 32, was attempting a new route on Jannu East’s immense North Face when he died in a fall. 

Amazon’s “Prime Day” sale starts tomorrow, with big discounts on leading brands. We spotted one beloved jacket with an early bird sale.

Some experts estimate the hurricane will be among the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history. 

The Alpha SL 30L is unbelievably light. See how it held up in the field.

Kudos to the filmer for respecting this climber’s privacy while still capturing the drama.

Our new integrated social platform offers personalized content, community engagement, and seamless activity tracking—all in one place.

A four-person team battled heinous runouts, hard free moves, and thin hooking to complete the 3,300-foot route on Greenland's famed Mirror Wall.

The Wide Boy powered through 200 feet of hand-fist stacks on the underbelly of a German bridge, creating what is likely the world’s hardest offwidth.

After decades of friendship, a British duo just nabbed a first ascent of Yawash Sar, a stunning 6,000-meter peak in Pakistan.

'Rhapsody' is every bit as hard and runout as it was in 2006, however the many repetitions—and widely watched whipper videos—lowered the mystique of the route somewhat. Mat Wright proves its still got some bite.

The climber from Wisconsin was rappelling pitch two of a popular 5.8 trad route when he fell.

You will find no sweeping mountain panoramas or harrowing whippers in the new climbing film "Jamie." Instead, we see a process of self-realization as Logan navigates a community of climbers who can be inexperienced grappling with the fluidity of gender.

That looked rather exciting.

Francesco Favilli and Filippo Zanin died on September 3 on Marmolada (10,968ft).

Climbing is hard enough as is. Avoid stunting your progression by avoiding these 7 easy-to-fix mistakes.

Lindič's advice is invaluable to anyone climbing high off the deck.

It depends on your foot shape.

To keep things sporting, the team kayaked 280 miles, fended off polar bears, dangerously large waves, and their own inexperience in such lightweight boats.

The inspiration you need going into this weekend’s projects.

"Once upon a time, I was a rope gun. Now I’ve become a belay anchor."

The party had brought a crashpad to the crag for a different, more dangerous trad route, and was able to deploy it here in a flash.

How do you figure out impossible moves? Is there a strategic way to rest? How much should you be warming up? It's all here.

I’ve been loving this 25-liter pack for its extremely light weight, durability, and surprisingly low price.

Quentin Roberts writes about one of the most badass first ascents in recent memory: His mind-bending—and Piolet-winning—trip up Jirishanca’s previously unclimbed Southeast Ridge, in 2022.

Well, that looked exciting.

Bouldering is commonly referred to as a resistance-based sport, but there is a significant aerobic demand that can impact athletic performance and recovery time.

A lifer reflects on risks taken (and fates avoided) thanks to the unexpected friendships forged along the way.

The 30-year-old Olympian talks about her struggles with hair loss, mental training, the joy of competing, and why she’s (finally) focussing on rock climbing full-time.

This week’s edition is a classic Weekend Whipper: airy, huge, and quite bold.

Sergey Nilov and Dmitry Golovchenko climbed some of the world’s hardest alpine walls. But in a heart-breaking twelve months, they were both killed on Gasherbrum IV.

A tribute to this man's best friend.

Now, we know what you’re asking: The belayer doesn’t look that much lighter than the climber—so why did he get sucked up so high?

A reflection on mortality and renewal.

An epic Bouldering round sets up a big showdown in Lead

'La Flecha Perdida' is a…classically bolted sport climb.

Here were the biggest and best moments from the Lead portion, the “grand finale” of the men’s Sport Climbing discipline at the 2024 Olympics.

Climbing “French free,” Italian Stefano Ragazzo has made the first rope solo ascent of 'Eternal Flame' (VI; 2,100ft).

The nearly perfect semifinal route was a fair and exciting test for the athletes. But some big names—including USA’s Natalia Grossman—didn’t make it through.

While mortal injury is highly unlikely, sport climbing is still hard on the body.

After today's tumultuous (and poorly set) lead semifinal, where numerous top names struggled, Friday's final will be a mix of favorites and upstarts.

An interview with Zach Hammer, one of the fastest climbers in the country.

American Sam Watson runs 4.75!

Janja Garnbret, Sorato Anraku, and Jakob Schubert are clear crowd favorites. But there are plenty of others who could snag gold.

The setters compressed the difficulty into the tops of each of the four boulders. It made for a slow start and an exhilarating finish.

“Just because you are the belayer,” notes this week’s whippee, “doesn’t mean you can’t get hurt.”

An ambitious alpine ascent on the West Face has ended in disaster. Elsewhere on the mountain, its speed record is cut in half.

The men’s boulders, for instance, are as hard as V14. We caught up with Paris’s head Boulder setter to learn what strengths and skills a climber needs to grab gold.

Bernadette McDonald has spent her career celebrating communities the Western world has trained itself to ignore. Now, at 72, she’s tackled the most complex story of her life.

Petzl's new Neox is a sleek assisted-braking belay device. How does it stack up to the Grigri? We put it to the test.

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

“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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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