Joshua Tree

A narrow miss in an even narrower slot.

In 1979, Steve Roper and Allen Steck released 'Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.' This modern take is for the weekend warrior.

The climber would have knocked his teeth into the roof had he placed a cam a bit higher.

Chris Winter is stepping down, but he leaves Access Fund in strong hands 

An NPS spokesperson reported that the “people movers” will make it easier for tourists to navigate between boulders in the heat of summer.

With federal land management agencies poised to reinterpret the Wilderness Act and ban bolts in wilderness areas, a new bipartisan bill aims to provide legislative protection for America’s rock climbing

No hate on the belayer here—just a cautionary tale.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

The cave is so hidden and far-flung that thousands of climbers, searching for anything new, had over the years walked right past and never saw it.

Steep, sandy jugs—what could be better?

Young and eager for adventure the author and his gang of few pushed bouldering standards higher and higher until the line between bouldering and soloing vanished.

EBGB'S (5.10d) is no death route, but it's not a clip-up, either.

Granite. Climbers love it, even as it tears their flesh, steals their gear, and makes them feel oh-so-small. You know how granite feels under your hands and feet, how it smells, and the way it turns to gold in the last light of day, but here are a few things you probably didn't know.

Decades before John Bachar died in a solo fall, he took John Long on a ropeless "Half Dome": They'd climb 2,000 feet at Joshua Tree—without a rope.

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Opening the season in Joshua Tree National Park? Add these 8 essentials to your gear list.

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Recalling one of America's best rock climbers

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The best road trip destinations by region, from the Northwest to the Southeast

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