A decade after filming climbing’s most impactful film, Jimmy Chin looks back on Alex Honnold’s mentality leading up to free soloing El Capitan.
The untold tale of a strange encounter on the ‘Infinite Spur’ (5.9 M5 AI4; 9,000ft) of Mt. Foraker.
The documentary ‘Catching Pinecones’ tells the full tale of the climbers who lived as dirtbags for decades: Jan and Herb Conn.
Sometimes you want everyone to know you’re a climber. Sometimes you’re just being cheap. No matter your affliction, try these hacks.
The start of a boulder can be the most obvious part—but to climbing coach Tom Randall, it’s also an underrated opportunity to ...
Tenzing Norgay never got his full flowers. He wasn’t beknighted, nor did he receive many of the prestigious awards that Edmund HIllary did. A bevy of documentaries and films weren’t produced about him ...
After two climbers fell while unroped at The Spot in Louisville, Colorado, the gym pulled its auto-belays for two weeks, even ...
About our reporting: We reviewed court documents and police reports to describe the arrest, plea deal, and sentencing of a former USA Climbing team manager for uploading and distributing child sexual ...
A slightly sad, honest truth: After 25 years of rabidly consuming climbing news, I tend to find the lies and fakes more interesting than the real feats they mimic. This explains why, when YouTube ...
In a sense, it’s the core of our sport: the crux. It’s the hardest moves on a climb, the moment of truth, and the split-second where you launch from one timeline into the next. In our experience, the ...
Fiona Layton was, without a doubt, one of the most determined, passionate, loving, and selfless people that I’ve been lucky to call a close friend, or rather a younger sister, in my life. I first knew ...
Speed climber, first ascensionist, FKT’er, route developer, ski mountaineer, peak bagger, cyclist, surfer, fruit forager, chef, DJ, son, friend, brother, fiancé ...