The Mental Health Benefits of Climbing
Getting out on the rock has greater benefits beyond simply being fun.
Mental Health
Why Your Current Body Is Your Dream Climbing Body
The trick to getting your ideal summer cragging body? Redefine your ideal.
How the Worst Crag Dog Saved My Life
In the thirty-fourth year of my life, I walked into a ring of oak trees in the foothills west of Carbondale, Colorado, to kill myself.
The Light Documentary Raises an Important Conversation About Eating Disorders in Climbing
The climbing community has an eating-disorder problem—but will there ever be a solution?
Light: A Documentary About Eating Disorders in Rock Climbing
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Not Good Enough: Self-Worth, Anxiety, and the Pursuit of 5.14 Trad
Molly Mitchell shares her journey to climb China Doll (5.14 R) while navigating generalized anxiety disorder.
Weighing In: Does Climbing Need an Eating-Disorder Intervention?
Eating disorders, dangerous dieting, and bad body images run rampant in the climbing community. 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?
Climbing Grief Fund Opens Grants to Climbers Affected by Grief, Loss, and Trauma
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