Francis Sanzaro

Tufas, food, wine, sunshine, and a hearty culture await those who escape to the Italian island climbing paradise.

Climbing is hard enough as it is; don't stunt your progression if you can help it. Here are 7 easy-to-fix mistakes as you ease into the sport.

Opinion: Climbers through the ages have found value intentionally courting risk. There's a reason for that. 

I thought about it for .0000004 seconds and realized the opportunity was just too good to pass up.

Just who climbs a route first is nuanced, and with big money at stake the lines between success and failure have gotten fuzzier.

Specters, “third men,” and otherworldly encounters... Are they trying to tell us something?

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Looking for a light, all-purpose helmet for ice, rock, and alpine? This model is available with Recco technology and in hard and soft shells.

The Alpinist is a bold new film about Marc-André Leclerc, a cutting-edge Canadian climber. Leclerc died in an avalanche in 2018. This film pays homage with depth and complexity.

A small but stoked and growing community makes the most of what they have.

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Colin Duffy gives a breakdown on what it was like to compete in Sport Climbing's first Olympic event.

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Personal bests and slips shake up the leader board as Olympic women race to position going into Boulder.

Now that climbing has been viewed by millions, what are the ramifications? How did it stack up against other sports?

Men's Qualifications: Our on-site photographers John Glassberg and Jess Talley captured climbing's Olympians on the very first event.

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He's worked with Olympic climbers Colin Duffy and Brooke Raboutou since they were kids.

Where is trad climbing in World Cups? Where are the alpine and mountaineering aspects? Comp formats need to change, obviously.

A day in the USAC Training Center

Team USA's training facility in Salt Lake City doesn't have a juice bar. It's got soul instead.

The Olympics Are Counting On Climbing and a Few Other Additions To Put a New Spin to the Games

Team USA was projected to qualify just one athlete for the Olympics, but instead maxed out, quadrupling expectations. The team manager had a lot to do with it.

"We are not magicians and we do not make the results."

Lessons learned from an analysis of a serious fall and injury in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire.

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Creating Boulder Problems That Can Challenge the World's Best Climbers and Win the Crowd Takes a Twisted Mindset You Have To Appreciate

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The Zero Friends have one of the narrowest heads on the market, earning a spot on your rack for pods, pin scars and tricky placements.

The plan was pushed through despite opposition from by several members on the board of the Dulton Chamber of Commerce.