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Do Climbers Actually Like Being Cheered On?

Matt Samet

People

Why You Should Enter a Climbing Competition, Even if You Suck

Corey Buhay

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Rise up: How We Can All Elevate Our Female Peers in the Climbing Community

Anna LaSusa

People

Why Highball Bouldering Can Be Worse for the Environment

Bernd Zangerl

People

Carved for Attention: Why the Tradition of Carving Desert Plaques is Outdated

Dakota Walz

News

Alex Honnold: Climate Change Is Urgent, We Need to Decrease Extraction Now

Alex Honnold

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Do Demonstrations Belong at Our Crags? The Climbing Community Speaks Out

Josh Laskin

People

For the Love of Climbing: The Webs We Weave

Kathy Karlo

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Alpine Knee: Is Van Life a Sacrifice—or Another Form of Privilege?

Corey Buhay

Places

Unsent: 100 Free Replacement Route Names

Kevin Corrigan

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Opinion: I Went to a Reopened Rock Gym During the Coronavirus Pandemic…and It Was Just Fine

Matt Samet

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Noon Patrol: I Have No Idea How Hard I Climb

Kevin Corrigan

Gear

13 Great Climbing Films You Might Not Be Familiar With (And 5 of the Worst)

Cameron M. Burns

News

Opinion: Why I Won’t Be First in Line to Return to Climbing Gyms

Kevin Corrigan

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Alpine Knee: Climbing's Women's Movement Has Room for Improvement

Corey Buhay

People

Are Climbers Today Better Than They Were 50 Years Ago?

Corey Buhay

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Crusty Corner: Spring Break Is Over. Go Home. Take the Coronavirus Seriously.

Matt Samet

Gear

Do You Really Need Those Hyper-Aggressive Shoes?

Bennett Slavsky

People

For the Love of Climbing: Mentors Wanted

Kathy Karlo

Competition

Opinion: Comp Climbing Is Experiencing Its First Wave of Nostalgia

John Burgman

Competition

Opinion: The Olympic Qualification Process Has Been One Big Mess

John Burgman

Competition

Opinion: From Snowbird to Tokyo—Brooke Raboutou’s Olympic Destiny

John Burgman

People

Peaches Preaches: The Perils of Recreational Outrage

James Lucas

People

For the Love of Climbing: The Death of the Ego

Kathy Karlo

People

For the Love of Climbing: Does Leave No Trace Exist in Climbing?

Kathy Karlo

People

Out on a Ledge: Tangled

Katie Lambert

News

No Parking: How Squamish Regulations May Reshape #Vanlife

Hannah Gartner

People

Unsent: Point—Counterpoint: The Grade Debate

Kevin Corrigan

People

For the Love of Climbing: Tokenism in the Outdoor Industry

Kathy Karlo

People

Peaches Preaches: Why Pets Don't Belong at the Crag—Ever

James Lucas

Competition

Opinion: As Olympic Qualifiers Approach, Outdoor Sends Are Irrelevant for Comp Climbers

John Burgman

Competition

Opinion: Is Competition Climbing a Team Sport?

John Burgman

People

Crusty Corner: The Red-Tag Dilemma

Matt Samet

News

The Fallen Soloist

James Lucas

People

It’s the Bliss!

Andy Wellman

People

Opinion: Lessons from the Waves

Mario Esquivel

Competition

Opinion: It’s Time to Embrace Comp Climbing and Leave the 1960s Behind

Kevin Corrigan

People

The Globetrotting Climber’s Dilemma

Julie Ellison

News

Opinion: The Free Solo Documentary Addressed Some Uncomfortable Truths, But Ignored Others

Kevin Corrigan

People

Grasping at Draws: Serious Climbers Only!

Andrew Tower