Paige Claassen

We tapped eight professional pullers from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds to compile a list of the best training advice for all of us regular folks.

One of America’s leading rock climbers is proof positive that the most difficult battles take place in the mind.

Kiersch described the route as “one of the most beautiful, historical, and challenging routes in North America.”

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Tunnel vision can be just as debilitating as fear or pressure for climbing performance. Tips for thinking and climbing your own way.

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Climbing shoes are precious to each and every climber. They’re expensive and a literal pain to break in. So how do we prolong the life of our greatest performance enhancing tool?

One of America's top climber's gives her advice for climbing harder with less effort by using your feet and your head. Plus, the importance of shoe sizing, and how to get your fit just right.

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Kiersch and Claassen climb a venerable American testpiece

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Apply the passion and dedication it takes to climb 5.14 to doing good around the world, and you get one of the climbing world’s greatest years of travel—ever. Here is the story of Marmot’s Lead Now Tour.

Sarchasm (5.14), Rocky Mountain National Park