Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Mishmi Takin Kameng Mid eVent Waterproof Hiking Boot
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Re-Gram: 9 Bad-Weather Epic Photos
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Adirondack International Mountaineering Festival
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Free Solo Parody Trailer: Expensive Membership
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Access Fund Membership (Matched Through Dec 15!)
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Basecamp: A Climbing Magazine Podcast—Podcast Updates and a Chat With Matt Samet
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Metolius Upshot Belay Glasses
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Climb-On Maps
We go to climb, not waste time!
Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: HITCASE iPhone Cases
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Austin Siadak Photo Prints
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Kinetik Kilojoule Chalkpot
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: FrictionLabs Gorilla Grip Chalk
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Feathered Friends Down Booties
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Black Diamond Drop Zone Crash Pad
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American Alpine Club Announces 2019 US Team for the UIAA World Cup Ice Climbing Competition
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10 Gifts for the Ice Climber in Your Life
Make those frozen expeditions a little more comfortable this season.
Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Cooper Discoverer AT3 Tires
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The Curious Case of Hatun Machay
Not long ago, Hatun Machay was considered the premier sport climbing destination in South America with more than 300 routes. These days, it lies abandoned.
Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Coast FL75R Headlamp
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That One Time: The Race to Hubble
A crag rivalry for the ages
Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Lems Trailhead Shoe
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Re-Gram: Show Us Your Best Training Photos
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Huge Rockfall Disk Flies Through Spantik Basecamp
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Warmlite® Vapor Barrier Clothing Gift Set
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Adam Ondra: Climbing the Americas—Salathé Wall Onsight Attempt
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Kkungu Spire: Worshipping the Stone in the Ugandan Jungle
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A GPS Smartwatch is the Adventure Enhancement You Need
With a Garmin fēnix 5X Plus, you’ll feel like you can do anything.
Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Y&Y Classic Belay Glasses
Save your neck
6 Tips for Staying Motivated After a Break
Let's be real: It sucks to take time off from climbing and come back feeling weak, uncoordinated, and out of touch with the rock. However, you can get back to your previous level and even surpass it with enough dedication—and motivation.
Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Pure Grit Climbing Chalk Bags
Engineered with personality
Out On a Ledge: Keeping the Wilderness Wild
How our simple presence Impacts and even disrupts crag fauna
David Lama Makes the First Ascent of Lunag Ri, Solo
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Osprey Transporter Wheeled Duffel
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Rock Star: Sleigh Bells Singer Alexis Krauss Finds Focus in Climbing
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Hillsound Trail Crampon Ultras
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Re-Gram: Show Us Your Gym Fails
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The State of Climbing Gyms in 2018
How Climbing Gyms Became the New Community Centers
Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: Rad Roller RAD Axle
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: The Seven Summits Register Print
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Classic Routes: Yellow Wall
Climbing the Needles’ lightning rod of Khayyam Spire
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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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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Climbing Magazine Print Preview: December/January 2019
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Help Us Help You: Climbing Magazine's 2018 Reader Survey
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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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Livestreams: IFSC World Cup 2018 Xiamen—Lead and Speed
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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.
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.
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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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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