How Climbing Holds are Made
A photo by photo look at how the grips we love are made.
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The Nine Pieces of Gear That Saved Our Readers
140-footers on El Cap? Check.
Behind the Olympic Curtain: Photo Gallery of the Final Training Session
Our on site photographers Jon Glassberg and Jess Talley captured climbing's Olympians before they take the big stage.
Kyra Condie "Worked Really Hard for This"
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Between Pembroke and the Deep Blue Sea
Adventuring on the sea cliffs of southern Wales
Photo Gallery: Onsight—2 Climbing Photo Highlights (Issue 375)
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Photo Gallery: Onsight—3 Climbing Photo Highlights (Issue 374)
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Photo Gallery: 18 Veiny Climber Forearms, Submitted by Our Readers
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Photo Gallery: 16 Try-Hard Faces
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Photo Gallery: 16 Scrappy Home Climbing Walls
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Climb Your Home Contest Winner and Photo Gallery
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Photo Gallery: 50 Years of Iconic Climbing Covers
Take a glimpse into the past 50 years of Climbing Magazine.
Photo Gallery: 10 Bob Ross Inspired Climbing Photos
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Photo Gallery: Onsight—4 Climbing Photo Highlights (Issue 371)
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Re-Gram: 8 Photos of Crowded Crags, Submitted by Our Readers
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Photo Gallery: The Anatomy of the Whipper
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Photo Gallery: The 2019 Photo Annual
First-look climbing images from around the globe
Photo Gallery: Onsight—4 Climbing Photo Highlights (Issue 370)
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Re-Gram: 8 Winter Project Photos, Submitted by Our Readers
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Recap and Photo Gallery: IFSC Xiamen World Cup 2019—Lead and Speed
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Photo Gallery: Onsight—4 Climbing Photo Highlights (Issue 369)
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Recap and Photo Gallery: IFSC Kranj World Cup 2019—Lead
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Photo Essay: Park Daze
Fifty days—in a single season—of hiking, bouldering, and long talus falls on the world-class blocks of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Interview: Photographer François Lebeau on Climbing, Art, and His New Book, Climbing Rock
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Re-Gram: 8 Epic Climbing Moves, Submitted by Our Readers
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Recap and Photo Gallery: IFSC Climbing World Championships 2019—Lead
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Recap and Photo Gallery: IFSC World Championships 2019—Bouldering
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Photo Gallery: 11 Photos Exploring the Lighter Side of Rock Climbing
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Bad Bolts Club: 10 Sketchy Bolt Types That You Might Be Better Off Not Clipping
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Recap and Photo Gallery: IFSC Villars World Cup 2019—Lead and Speed
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Photo Gallery: Onsight—5 Climbing Photo Highlights (June 2019 Edition)
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Re-Gram: 8 Gear Marking Methods, Submitted By Our Readers
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Re-Gram: 6 Training Photos, Submitted by Our Readers
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Keegan Sullivan is a 9-Year-Old, V10 Crusher
Keegan, 9, has three V10s under his belt, an intense love for climbing, and a methodical mentality to match the pros.
A Day on Cayman Brac
A day of rock climbing, swimming, slacklining, and partnership on the picturesque tropical island of Cayman Brac.
Recap and Photo Gallery: IFSC Moscow World Cup 2019—Bouldering and Speed
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Photo Gallery: Onsight—7 Climbing Photo Highlights (March 2019 Edition)
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Tires and Ice: Fat-Tire Biking into Alaska’s Hinterlands to Search for Frozen Bounty
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UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup Denver 2019: Recap and Photo Gallery
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Photo Essay: The Best of the British Isle's Endless Sea Cliffs
The big, the bad, the bold, and the beautiful
Hueco Rock Rodeo 2019: Recap and Photo Gallery
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Gallery: Rock Art—8 Rock Climber Artists
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Re-Gram: 9 Photos of Heinous Climber Feet
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Photo Gallery: Onsight—6 Photo Highlights From 2018
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Re-Gram: 9 Bad-Weather Epic Photos
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Photo Gallery: Perfect Tens—An Homage to the Shawangunks’ Classic 5.10s
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Photo Gallery: The Films of Reel Rock 13
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Photo Gallery: 30 Years of Redpoint Photography
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The 2018 Photo Annual Gallery: 18 of the Year’s Best Climbing Photos
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You Meant to Come Home: The Lives and Climbs of Hayden Kennedy, Scott Adamson, and Kyle Dempster
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Photo Gallery and Results: IFSC Munich World Cup 2018—Bouldering
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Squamish Exposed 2018: 14 Photos From the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy
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Recap and Photo Gallery: The Psicobloc Masters Series 2018
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Photo Gallery: The 2018 International Climbers' Festival
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Re-Gram: 9 Deep Water Soloing Photos
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Recap and Photo Gallery: IFSC Hachioji World Cup 2018—Bouldering
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Photo Gallery: Slovenia—Climbing in Europe's Limestone Capital
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Re-Gram: 9 Summit Yoga Photos
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Sending in Color: How One Group is Bringing Diversity to the Chicago Climbing Community
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Photo Gallery and Results: USA Climbing 2018 Sport Nationals
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San Juan Silver: Southwest Colorado’s Treasure Trove of Waterfall Ice Climbs
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Photo Gallery: The Nose Speed Record, Anak Verhoeven’s 5.15a FA, and More
This story originally appeared in the December/January 2018 issue of our print edition.
Instagram Spotlight: @JustBomberGear Is Anything But
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Photo Gallery: USA Climbing 2018 Bouldering Nationals
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Re-Gram: 9 Climbing Training Tricks
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Re-Gram: 9 Duffel Shuffle Photos
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Photo Gallery: The Films of Reel Rock 12
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Photo Gallery: 4 Photos of Badass Women
Flash—Our monthly climbing photo gallery
Funny: All Mighty Stone(s)—Bouldering Photos Without Boulderers
A hilarious combination of bouldering and Photoshop.
Re-Gram: 9 Future Female Crushers
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Angy Eiter Becomes the First Woman to Climb 5.15b (Story + Photo Gallery)
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Photo Gallery: Red Rock Rendezvous 2017
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Photo Gallery: 4 Alpine and Big Wall Climbing Photos
Flash—Our monthly climbing photo gallery
Re-Gram: 9 Alpine Climbing Photos
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Climbing Photographer Spotlight: Joshua Perez (Interview + Gallery)
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Interview and Photo Gallery: Pretty Strong, a Full-Length Female Climbing Film
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Escalando Fronteras: Helping At-Risk Youth in Mexico Through Climbing
How the nonprofit climbing organization Escalando Fronteras has shown kids from the barrio in Monterrey, Mexico, a different way to live.
Re-Gram: 9 Night Climbing Photos
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A Year in the Life of a Climbing Photographer
Planes, trains, and broken luggage: one year with Colette McInerney
Photo Gallery: Honnold, Caprez, Siegrist
Flash—Our monthly climbing photo gallery