20 Minutes With a Kettlebell Will Transform Your Climbing
Kettlebells are among the best supplemental workouts for targeting climbing fitness. They're also convenient and fast.
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Renowned Alpinist Barry Blanchard’s Epic: Attacked By a Grizzly
A routine climb in the Canadian Rockies turns nightmarish when a grizzly bear has two climbers scrambling for their lives.
This 5.9 Is Worth the 20-Mile Approach
One climber’s quest for the promised land
Kyra Condie "Worked Really Hard for This"
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Saloni Shah and "Fierce Female Strength"
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Toya Eastman’s Women Warriors
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Morgan Tadje: “Females Are Taking Over!"
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Collective Knowledge
Climbing and Rock and Ice Have Merged—Now What?
Paul Robinson’s Journey to Send 1,000 8a-or-Harder Boulder Problems
Paul Robinson details his 17-year journey to send 1,000 8a-or-harder boulder problems.
The Samburu Climbers of Kenya Find a New Way of Life On the Stone
In Kenya’s far north, the semi-nomadic Samburu tribesmen are exploring their ancestral landscape in a radical new direction—vertically.
Between Pembroke and the Deep Blue Sea
Adventuring on the sea cliffs of southern Wales
Why Underfueling Will Lead to Underperforming
What you should know about relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S)
Why Highball Bouldering Can Be Worse for the Environment
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Thundercling: How Pro Climbers Can Become Real Leaders
Make climbing great again
Dave Graham: What I’ve Learned From 20 Years Developing Boulders
V16 boulderer, 5.15b route climber, former East Coast prodigy. FAs of ~700 boulders V11 and up, including a dozen V15s. Age 39, lives in Spain, Switzerland, and Colorado.
Jonathan Siegrist: One year, three 5.15s
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By the Numbers (Spring 2021 Edition)
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Loose Bits (Spring 2021 Edition)
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Photo Contest Winner (Spring 2021 Edition)
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Caption Contest Winner (Spring 2021 Edition)
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Review: Five Ten Hiangle Pro
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Review: Petzl Laser Speed Light
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Review: Fixe Orion Minor 5” Quickdraw
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This Rope is Designed to Prevent Accidents
Review: Trango Agility 9.1 (70m)
Review: Rocky Talkies
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