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Two lifelong friends face rockfall and the life-altering aspects of sudden Injury.

Hang onto precious muscle mass through training and diet as you age. Your climbing depends on it.

Pro climber Heather Weidner discusses the pros and cons of two tie-in knots.

Scarpa is pushing approach shoes to new heights—and distances

Quality rubber is the most important part of your crag bag

Unlock your project with this cragging gear

Climbers and gamers share a lot of the same qualities: obsessiveness, dedication, hours spent avoiding real life, a propensity for tantrums and unnecessary insults, poor social skills… Which got me to thinking: Why don’t climbers import gaming terms into our lingo, to freshen up our slang?

Climbing has long celebrated hard drinking and drugs. Many climbers become lifelong alcoholics and addicts and their families, friends and climbing partners bear the high price. One of climbing's most iconic figures fell into the pit, but pulled himself out and now has an important lesson every climber should read.

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What would you scrawl in that space if given the opportunity and a stick of chalk? Something about someone? Places you want to visit? Faces you yearn to climb?

When Drew Hulsey started climbing he weighed 300 pounds and wondered if the ropes would hold. He found out that they would, and found a community that embraced him. Now he sets an example that inspires others to join him.

In a wilderness emergency, the tiniest details can be a matter of life and death. After a pair of accidents leave one one young adventurer injured and another deceased, Hayden Seder ponders the difference a stroke of luck can make.

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Acclaimed author Jeff Jackson gets called to duty on a search-and-rescue mission deep in the rugged uplands of Maui. What he finds reveals true nature in all its forms.

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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One of America's four Olympic climbers to speak at the Outside Games as she prepares for her biggest comp yet.

Get out of the dir, live in style at the campground and save a bundle

“My opinion is clearly that to be the best climber, you don’t have to dope but just train hard and intelligently.”

By the round’s end, Garnbret had topped all five boulders, but so had Japan’s Miho Nonaka, the United States’ Natalia Grossman, and Japan’s Futaba Ito.

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In the early 1990s in Patagonia you were on your own. You lived by the weather, chasing brief clear windows hoping you could get up, and down, before storm slammed the door shut ... or spelled disaster.

ClimbAID brings a portable climbing wall to refugee children in Lebanon.

Business trips, long vacations and bad weather limit your training. Here are some tips for training on the road.

Are two sorta high-tech (sounding) elbow treatments for climbers worth the time and money? Our intrepid doctor gives us the real dope.

So far this year we’ve seen an insurrection, an inauguration and an impeachment. A climber’s report from America’s last, and most reluctant, state.

Wherein the author finds some good bouldering, is cursed by the gods and experiences an epiphany in Africa’s legendary Mountains of the Moon.

It was always a daydream. If the perfect series of events happened, maybe, just maybe this canyon would produce ice flows.

When Hawaii sent out a ballistic missile alert the author re-evaluated everything including climbing. This feature was included in "Best American Sports Writing," 2019.

The author has a moment of remorse when he makes up a story with a big pay off.

A Climbing Coach's Advice on Simple Ways to Go Up a Grade.

Tom Randall and Lattice Training are here to help you fix your training problems just in time to send your next project!

A showcase of photos revealing a woman’s perspective, voice, or position in the climbing world.

Tom Randall of Lattice Training shares his expertise on how to train more effectively

All-around rock shoes, as the name implies, can do a bit of everything from slabs to vertical edging to cracks, and are supportive and comfortable enough for all-day wear.

Donald J. Trump announced plans to launch chain of Trump Tower indoor climbing gyms.

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