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Katie Lambert journeys deep into the Sierra Nevada wilderness to decipher the cryptic lore of the remote wall.

A celebration of the people who find, clean, and equip moderate climbs at your favorite crags across America.

Over repeated trips to Paklenica, Croatia, one traveling climber finds love, loses it, then finds it again.

How this unassuming college student—and pedigreed super-climber—became the first American climber to qualify for the Olympics

The coastal boulders on Dover Island are privy to the whims of the ocean, which both exposes them and rips them from the shore.

Although the climbing grades on the Torment-Forbidden Traverse are low, the rewards of navigating this spindly ridge are high.

Committing to sexual distancing in order to send the gnar. A new column by Dave McAllister.

Having to wait another year for climbing to be in the Olympics is a bummer, but there are upsides to the situation.

Everyone has been affected by the novel coronavirus, including climbers.

While people stayed away from climbing areas, animals appeared and scientists had a rare opportunity.

By cultivating the proper mindset, technique, and strength, anyone can learn to dyno.

Brittany Goris sending in J-tree and Kevin Newell searching out remote alpine boulders.

What started as a creative release has become a part-time job for this Canadian epidemiologist.

With Olympic buzz in the air in 2019 and 2020 (and now into 2021), manufacturers are creating a new category of climbing shoe.

The Drago has a precise, downturned toe for edging and jibs, but plenty of softness for flex on volumes, and this year it gets a low-volume version.

“The X1 is soft enough that I can trust my feet on volumes, but not so soft that the mold of the shoe falters.”

Their performance on heel hooks and toe scums is nearly perfect—the toe-scumming patch is huge and is über-grippy.

The Hiangle Pro marries the marked downturn and precision toe of the regular Hiangle with an innovative inside/medial “edge” that is, in fact, not an edge at all.

The Theory is softer than the Solution Comp for more of a bouldering focus, with volume-friendly features like Sportiva’s No-Edge technology.

The Vision is the first entirely compression-molded climbing shoe, and it uses interchangeable liners to vary midsole stiffness.

When placed well in a parallel-sided offwidth, the Nos. 7 and 8 provide bomber wide-crack protection.

As a climber carryall, it’s hard to beat the Metolius Big Wall Bucket, an open-topped, freestanding 27-liter haulbag.

The R1 Hoody is a warm, moisture-wicking fleece you can use as a midlayer or outer.

The retooled Vapor Lace is a fleet (only 7.6 ounces per shoe) all-arounder that's perfect for thin face and trad climbing.

Evolv’s Rave slipper represents a higher-performance upgrade of their successful Addict.

The Flex marries LifeStraw’s light, easily packable water-filtration straw with a collapsible water bottle.

Climbers face risk and uncertainty all the time, making us a group uniquely able to weather the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Learn how to: Extend the life of your shoes, keep them clean at muddy crags, and apply your rope management skills to other areas of your life.

These 16 photos show our readers climbing at some tense or crux moment, giving it their all.

Read the winning caption from our recent caption contest, along with 23 honorable mentions.

Passage to Freedom features hard slab climbing, 5.13+ seams and corners, and a 5.13c finger crack of such high quality that the climbers named the pitch "As Good as It Get."

We’re all playing a game with gravity, but what happens when we push our bodies and minds into unhealthy territory—and how do we stop it?

Bali is known for its vibrant culture, yoga retreats, epic surf breaks, and lush jungle—but there's also a thriving climbing scene.

How this guitar-obsessed “5.9-with-a-pack mountain guy” is working with the team at Black Diamond to drive refinement and innovation in their climbing gear.

This striking sandstone tower west of Indian Creek, Utah, caused the first ascensionist to proclaim it, "The best route I've ever done!"

Shout, shout, let it all out. Harness your bestial power scream with these drills informed by martial arts training.

Jim Erickson looks back on the past half century to chronicle how the gear we rely on has changed and improved over the years.

Harder and harder climbing grades have been established over the decades. Have climbers gotten stronger or is it a reflection of something else?

A half-century ago, climbing was a countercultural activity. Now it's mainstream.

With the formation of the SCC in 1994, Sand Rock started the slow creep toward change for the better—so slow that the results wouldn’t be fully appreciable for 25 years.

This year Climbing Magazine celebrates its 50 year anniversary. In honor of the milestone, we took a look back at some of the magazines most-iconic covers.

Using pen-and-ink and wood-burning techniques, climber Colin Howell creates images of the people and places that inspire him most.

As the magazine celebrates its 50-year anniversary, Climbing editor Matt Samet looks back at the magazine's storied history.

From new shoes to cams to packs and more, these are our top eight climbing gear picks for 2020.

Crimpin’ ain’t easy, but these 8 new items, field-tested by obsessive sport climbers, all got “two kneebars way up” at the crag and while training.

Bouldering is difficulty distilled—you need to bring your A game. These 8 items have you covered, from fingertips to landing zone.

Take off the sufferfest edge and focus on what matters—the climbing—with these 8 new items.

We get it—training’s hard. However, with the following 7 new gym-focused products working for you, your session will be more gain than pain.

It’s time to get trad-ical with these 7 must-have performance trad and multi-pitch items.

From late-night descents to cross-training trail runs, these necessities helped tide us over on rest days, till the next sending day.