Molly Mitchell shares her journey to climb China Doll (5.14 R) while navigating generalized anxiety disorder.
Have you ever wondered if you actually have the skills to get yourself out of a sticky situation while multi-pitch climbing? If you haven’t, you probably should.
With 30-foot runouts above knotted slings common, the Elbe River Valley has long cultivated the perfect atmosphere for big, bold first ascents.
The Utah visionary opens up about his four decades on the rock, a return to his nemesis climb, the craft of photography, and the search for the next great thing.
Sitting at 7,500 feet in Hidalgo, Mineral has a temperate climate that makes for an ideal three-season bouldering area with 400 problems from V0 to V15.
When channeled constructively, anger can, in measured doses, provide sending energy and motivation.
No, you can no longer get a burn in real quick.
Since its founding in 2012, the ACSP has been facilitating field research into climate change’s effects on mountainous areas, and training a new generation of natural scientists.
All Turkish men between the ages of 20 and 41, are required to serve in the military, but many of the country's climbers are doing their best to delay or avoid military service.
Moby Grape, established in 1972 by Joe Cote and Roger Martin, is one of the best moderate trad climbs in the Northeast.
Epic climbing photos from the well-known Ten Sleep, Wyoming, and the lesser-known Willow River State Park in Wisconsin.
“I love Chicago,” Wesolek says of his current home. “[Yet] if I could be in the mountains all the time, I would as well. I want the best of both worlds.”
Five Ten has kept both comfort and performance in mind with their affordable new Kirigami, among the friendliest shoes to hit the market this year.
GSI Outdoors made its name with its efficient backpacking stoves and cookware, and the Selkirk is its first (brilliant) foray into the car-camping realm.
A proper midlayer is one you keep on all the time, be it approaching, belaying, climbing, etc. Patagonia’s new R1 Air Full-Zip Hoody delivers all these attributes in spades.
The Tundra is Yeti’s first cooler with wheels (made with solid polyurethane and paired with a foldable handle), and the durability is standout.
The C-Quence is light and hyper-mobile—you’ll barely notice it’s on. Arc’teryx accomplishes this with their Warp Strength Technology, which distributes weight well across the broad but thin (depth-wise) load-bearing surfaces.
If you like being hyper-organized with rest-day sundries, here’s your new compadre.
Read Matt Samet's Editor's Note and check out what's inside the Winter 2020 issue of Climbing Magazine, on newsstands now.
Our readers show off their latest training gear and find new uses for hexes.