The four-pitch line on Looking Glass Rock in western North Carolina is a masterpiece of route finding, knitting together a confusion of “eyebrows”—horizontal pockets that flair in all directions.

These climbers—many of which are women of color—are claiming space in climbing media by showcasing their vulnerability.

"I don’t think it felt like the hardest route I’ve ever done. … I figured adding to the conversation was better than just taking the given grade.”

The Fortress of Solitude climb marks the first of the grade for Cardwell 

All climbers need endurance, and there’s no such thing as too much of it.

It's gift-giving season! These affordable options are perfect for climbers with any level of experience.

Predictably, the morning’s ‘Today Show’ article led with “Jared Leto got about 30 seconds closer to Mars”

New to climbing? Gym bro, the shirtless dude who's constantly filming himself and campusing, can help.

It’s a question that’s more pressing than ever.

The pioneering American mountaineer sounds off on Everest crowds, races to Himalayan summits, and reshaping the record books for the world’s highest peaks

This week’s whippee went for a pretty massive ride. 

Think your climbing loved one has it all? Think again.  

Sharma has been working the line for the past four years

It was a first of the grade for the Louisiana native

THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP: ‘Tis the season for hard sport climbing! Nicholas Milburn also made quick work of ‘Flex Luthor.’

I’ve finally figured it out (I think)….

Two IFMGA guides became the first people to summit Yansa Tsenji (6,567m) in Nepal via a technical route.

Neil Gresham puts Klemen Premrl and Tim Emmett, two of the world’s best ice climbers, in the hot seat for training advice

The British trad climber took down his massive 330-foot single-pitch project in early October.

It's officially time reconcile your desire to send with reality of the shifting seasons.

Musings on the state of our sport after a failed mass shooting at the Smith Rock Craggin' Classic

On Sunday, October 22, Touchstone’s Hollywood Boulders management were made aware that a member of the gym had suggested that they were “strapped” with a weapon and “wanted scalps.”

When dish soap and other lubricants weren’t enough, rescuers used ketamine to relax the climber’s muscles. 

“Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limits,” which will be available on November 1, opens a deeply intimate window into Ondra’s personal and competitive life. It drives home the message that getting to the top isn’t easy.

Kevin Junge is recuperating in the hospital after lowering off the end of his rope

At 79 years old and after nearly 1,000 dispatches from the El Cap Meadow, Evans has decided to step away from the ElCap Report.

Natalia Grossman, Jesse Grupper, and Samuel Watson all earn berths for Paris 2024 after winning the Pan-American Games.

The San Luis Valley is renowned as one of Colorado’s most haunted places, with glimpses of ghostly cowboys seen on sagebrush plains, bizarre and unexplained cattle mutilations, and regular UFO and Bigfoot sightings.

Jason Bryant completed the Linville Crusher, one of the most iconic and sought-after linkups in the Southeast, in 4:32:02. The Crusher consists of 16 miles of hiking and 19 pitches of technical climbing.

She will compete in Paris alongside fellow compatriot Emma Hunt, who received her own ticket to the Games after placing second in the Bern World Championships this past August. 

Although the authorities would not confirm the exact location of the planned attack, it likely would have occurred in Smith Rock during this weekend’s Craggin’ Classic.

In 1992, two grim, horrific incidents in and around the area not only put climbers on edge but also inspired two of the park’s more morbid route names: 'Dumpster BBQ' and 'Kill for a Thrill.'

Watching next-level sends occur in real-time is enthralling content. I do hope we see more of it from professional climbers. But there are some potential drawbacks.

Not sending was a fate worse than death. Naturally, we were willing to cross the line.

There were many surprise endings at this past weekend's US National Championships.

In back-to-back sends, Brooke and Shawn Raboutou put down ‘Box Therapy,’ in Wild Basin, RMNP. 

The 28-year-old climber shaved over an hour from Honnold’s solo record

I’ve been climbing and running at a high level for a combined four years now. The learning curve for balancing the two passions was steep.

This is the moment my life has been working towards, the last few months of it anyway, and the circumstances are coalescing around something transcendent.

You’ll be able to livestream the event for free on Outside Watch via our app and site. 

Who they were, what drove them, and the deeper questions that came later.

A Korean climbing instructor has reportedly passed away after rapping off the end of his rope.

Deep in the Canadian wilderness, high on a big wall, Ines Papert and Emilie Pellerin were in dire straits. A simple iPhone saved the day.

It was what came afterward…

Low impact does not mean low intensity. Try these exercises to stop huffing and puffing on the approach and while climbing.

"We pushed on, as if floating in slow motion through a Hieronymus Bosch painting, found by tilting life on edge for 1,200 feet and emptying its pockets."

Sometimes the only way to become a better athlete is to step away—and to never look back. 

Plus a few modern variations of the word...

The climber fell 130 feet due to “equipment failure”

The 2023 World Cup season came to a close this weekend with a Lead and Speed event in Wujiang, China.

Vertical World and Perfect Descent manufacture settle with climber who sustained 30-foot fall 

The endeavor, first completed in 1993, totaled 224 pitches of technical rock, 63,000 feet of elevation gain, 140 miles of hiking, 2.5 hours of canoeing, and 3,361 miles of driving.

Instagram gurus wanted

Strangely, it was Gus and Alvino, a couple of so-called "annoying" and "ugly" climbers, who got them back.

Results and takeaways from this past weekend's lead World Cup in Koper, Slovenia.

Hector Diffut, 26, fell 30 feet from the top of an indoor wall after forgetting to clip into the auto belay. 

We grouped up in various vehicles and drove straight from Oklahoma to Yosemite, pulled there by the unseeable promise of a salvation only the rock can lay on you. 

A gang of Camp 4’s hungriest showed up for an orthodox affair fielded by the Arise and Shine Pentecostal Church out of Modesto, California. We’d never seen so much grub...

FingerBouldering replicates the puzzle-like mechanic of solving boulder problems while still giving you something to actually hold in your hand

Take these belaytionship tips from longtime dynamic duos

These five American cities are stellar launchpads to develop and progress as a climber.

Pizza, community, and 40 years of stoke—Miguel's has given the climbing community a lot to celebrate.

"Call it what you will—adrenaline, salvation, therapy—climbing represented a form of gravity-defying strength that I lacked but craved."

The Neon 45 has long been a staple in Mammut’s lineup, but this year’s updated version features coated ballistic nylon on the bag’s upper.

Silence hung in the evening. I was going to get pulverized. Unless we could maybe decide this whole thing never happened. The hammering started again, and cursing filled the air ...

With bolting hardware so inexpensive, why did we feel the need to steal from each other? The deeds came back to bite us.

Enjoy these three chapters—The Summit, Copyright on Enjoyment, and Erasing Art—from our former Editor-in-Chief's newest book, 'The Zen of Climbing'

Over the course of 12 days in Bern, Switzerland, more than 400 competitors from 54 different countries participated in four different disciplines, ultimately coming to a crescendo with 10 Olympic berths. Here's what happened.

Following the conclusion of the Speed World Championships, Hunt has secured her invitation to the 2024 Paris Games.

The bag is eloquently uncomplicated

When they’re bad, the redpoint jitters can reach such a distracting crescendo that I’m shaky and robotic on the rock. I’ve had to learn strategies for approaching that relaxed, unattached state.

Interestingly, the star cooler was created by a company within a country which has decidedly little to do with the cooler business

Climbing has a knack for teaching hard-learned lessons—especially the ones I didn’t want to learn.

The route is all but in the bag, just as soon as everything starts going my way.

Buildering is a discipline with a long history at the fringes and limitless possibility for the future.

I think about that fall nearly every day, and wonder if it had had to happen that way. The experience was one of many that have since made me reflect on the “things” going on around us, unseen and unknown.

Unfortunate developments are: the price, the excessive use of plastic, the feeding of the pervasive and socially-sanctioned consumerism, and, far and wide, the zippers and drawstrings. 

Andrew Evans was on ‘Gardiner Buttress’ in the Beartooth Mountains when the incident occurred.

Last year it was 'The Crew' (5.14c). This year, it'll be 'Fat Camp' (5.14d). This year alone, the 21-year-old has already put down three 5.14d's and his first 15a.

For years this was the Mountain Project profile I used until, in late spring 2023, I realized I'd had enough. I killed off Pinklebear coldly and without remorse.