Lincoln Knowles says he is “free soloing a harder route every day” until he falls. Why are we watching?
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 Climbing
Lincoln Knowles says he is “free soloing a harder route every day” until he falls. Why are we watching?
Friends and climbing companions shared their memories of “Iron Uncle Kolya,” Nikolay Totmyanin, who died August 11.
Tanner Wanish and Michael Vaill repeated the 32-mile “Goliath,” the longest technical traverse in the world. Would they do it again? Probably not.
Conflicting accounts surround a highly publicized speed link-up in the Swiss Alps and its 21-year-old predecessor.
'L'Ombre du Voyageur' was proposed at V17, without shoes. Using shoes, gloves, and four kneepads, the second ascensionist says it’s just V14.
Big wall climbers battling an eldritch evil? Like its premise, The Sound is a mixed bag. The climbing is stellar. The plotting, writing, and acting? Not so much.
'Realm of Tor’ment' is Bosi’s fifth V17 boulder, the UK’s second, and his first proposal at the grade.
A party of four climbers took a long fall after their anchor blew on an alpine route. Only one survived.
After sending Box Therapy last year, which was then downgraded, Katie Lamb has climbed Yosemite's 'The Dark Side.'
We spoke to the British climber to learn how he managed one of the world's hardest boulders in under two weeks.
The American Olympian said the route forced her to “argue with doubt until it began to doubt itself.”
All sport routes will be retro-bolted to adhere to the ruling, and boulders and traditional climbs may be bolted as well.
Eugene Vahin passed away on January 23, after an unroped fall at The Junkyards, near Grassi Lakes, Canada.
Climbing caught up with the American sport climber shortly after she released her first EP on Spotify. We talked art, music, modeling, and what’s next.
Nathan Chaszeyka went into freefall after his Munter hitch unscrewed his carabiner while rappelling.
Takero “Kenro” Nakajima was one of Japan’s most-respected alpinists. He died with longtime rope companion Kazuya Hiraide, during an attempt of the West Face of K2 (8,611m).
Two rescues involving six climbers occurred simultaneously in Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon over the weekend. One resulted in a fatality.
Hiraide, 45, and his climbing partner Kenro Nakajima died in a fall on July 27, while attempting the steep West Face of K2 (8,611m).
Javier Botella de Maglia died on August 2, during an attempt on Kazakhstan’s highest mountain, Khan Tengri (22,999ft).