A 31-year-old apparent free soloist took a fatal fall last Wednesday.
The author learns to trust the wisdom of his elders on a wildly jinxed motorcycle-mountaineering trip to Ecuador.
On a motorcycle trip to Italy, we learn it’s not when you arrive, but how, and it’s not what you bring, it’s how you pack it. Sponsored for EVERGOODS.
At The North Face Climbing Festival in London, I spoke with Stefano Ghisolfi, Fay Manners, Nathaniel Coleman, and others about their upcoming projects.
To Grammy-nominated violinist and activist Vijay Gupta, classical music was made for the streets.
Forget the 5.14 sufferfests. We asked elite athletes like Alex Honnold, Sasha DiGiulian, and Alex Megos to share the moderate lines they love.
Siebe Vanhee, Séan Villanueva O’Driscoll, and Symon Welfringer completed a first ascent two decades in the making. Now, Vanhee reveals the scariest moments and whether the 5,000-foot route was worth the risk.
On May 9, Konstantin Smirnov’s mountaineering guide abandoned him at 25,900 feet on the fifth-highest mountain on Earth. He's now taking the guide company to court.
Two Wyoming campers did everything right—keeping food out of their tents and using deterrents—but a black bear refused to back down.
Over intense opposition from the Havasupai Tribal Council, state officials quietly approved a request from the Pinyon Plain uranium mine to adjust acceptable levels of toxic chemicals in the mine’s monitoring well.
The Indian government has definitively identified the mountain's most famous dead body. Now comes the dangerous, expensive reality of hacking him out of the ice.
All in Gym Climber
A 31-year-old apparent free soloist took a fatal fall last Wednesday.
The film follows nonbinary climber Lor Sabourin projecting a hard trad route, but it’s much more than that. Review and Q&A with Sabourin below.
The rock gym, home to Peru’s national climbing team, is building a free bouldering gym for underprivileged youth.
Vaughn Fetzer (57), of Durango, died on Blanca Peak (14,345 ft) in the Sangre de Cristo Range, after a fall while descending.
The 25-year-old made the third ascent of Bibliographie (9b+/5.15c) in Céüse, France on September 30.
Brandon Scott Burns, 25, and Mark Anthony Bacolod Stiles, 35, both of Baltimore, Maryland passed away on September 14th after falls.
The new Sugar Factory Las Vegas restaurant features candy-loaded drinks, massive dessert platters… and a gumdrop climbing wall?
The 60-year-old Frenchman has soloed more than 160 buildings in over 70 countries, often illegally, and is no stranger to controversy.
The new TRUBLUE iQ+ will catch climbers after a fall instead of automatically lowering them to the ground.
The Church of St. John the Baptist, built in 1884, will soon become New Brunswick, Canada’s largest climbing gym.
Jordan Romig’s Asylum bouldering gym will be 100% outside, with a 15-foot-tall boulder holding approximately 40 problems, among other offerings.
Brandon Frohbieter jumped down from a route and landed on a PVC pipe, which impaled his rectum.
We all have gear we rarely (or never) use. Donating or selling our used gear is a great way to lower climbing’s financial barriers to entry.
Janja Garnbret isn’t the only strong Slovenian taking the stage in Tokyo.
YuFei Pan and YiLing Song are the sole Chinese climbers in Tokyo. Both are quite young, and both are on the rise.
The 25-year-old boulderer is relatively lesser-known than many of his fellow Olympic climbers, but he remains a stout all-arounder.
By all accounts, climbers do a good job of watching out for each other in the backcountry. Online, however, it’s a different story. What is it about the digital platform that makes us all quick to jab at each other?
The Russian Olympian holds the Women’s Speed World Record at 6.964 seconds.
The French lead climber and Olympic competitor became the third woman in the world to climb 9b (5.15b) in November 2020.