Stoney Point: Portrait of an American Crag—The Pioneers (Part 2)
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Climbing History
Climbing History
Jim Bridwell's Last Interview
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Stoney Point: Portrait of an American Crag—Welcome to The Point (Part 1)
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The State of Climbing Gyms in 2018
How Climbing Gyms Became the New Community Centers
Photo Gallery: 30 Years of Redpoint Photography
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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.
Frozen in Time: The New School Sport Climbs of the Flatirons, Colorado
Due to a bolting moratorium from 1989-2003, climbing activity essentially “froze” in Boulder's Flatirons, making them a living museum. The new routes that have gone up since 2003? Few and fantastic.
It Starts at Impossible: American Fork Canyon and the Birth of America’s Steep Revolution
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Chris Sharma: A Lifetime of Climbing
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Book: Vantage Point—50 Years of the Best Climbing Stories Ever Told
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Remembering Five Ten Founder Charles Cole
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The History of Hard Sport Climbing in Boulder's Flatirons
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The History of Hard Sport Climbing in Boulder's Flatirons: Personal Essay—Bob Horan
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The History of Hard Sport Climbing in Boulder's Flatirons: Interview—Colin Lantz
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The History of Hard Sport Climbing in Boulder's Flatirons: Personal Essay—Paul Glover
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The History of Hard Sport Climbing in Boulder's Flatirons: Interview—Dan Michael
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Trailer: The Glass Ceiling—The Untold Story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
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Obituary: Jim “The Bird” Bridwell (1944-2018)
Remembering the great innovator and prolific-first ascensionist
Pioneering Smith Rock: Alan Watts and the Birth of US Sport Climbing
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Review: 3 Must-See New Climbing Films
Three new climbing movies to help you maintain stoke this winter.
Beyond the Bolt: The Past, Present, and Future of Yosemite Bouldering
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Climbing Holiday Gift Guide: The Climbers, By Jim Herrington (Book)
An iconic book about our collective history by Jim Herrington.
Review: 6 New Rock Climbing Books for 2017
From skills, to history, to memoirs, to accidents, these six climbing books will keep the stoke high between sessions on stone.
“Scarier than the Emperor Face”: Jamie Logan, Legendary Alpinist, on Transitioning
Jamie Logan is one of the pioneers in North American free climbing, but her boldest move was into life as a woman.
A Eulogy for Royal Robbins
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Royal Robbins: A Timeline and a Bibliography
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Royal Robbins: The Kingpin of Yosemite's Golden Age
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Obituary: Royal Robbins (1935–2017)
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The Unfinished Projects of Todd Skinner
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Roland Pauligk, Inventor of the RP, Dies at 79
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Classic Routes: Washington's Slow Children
The route that revolutionized Western Washington climbing
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (Extended Trailer)
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Photo Gallery: The History of Climbing Harnesses
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Hemp Rope Classics
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Climbing Magazine’s Back Issue Index
Back issues of Climbing Magazine can be found in the Back Issue Index, available in these PDFs, which include all issues from 1970 to 2003.
Remembering Tom Frost (1937-2018): The Full Perspective Interview
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