Everyone knows about climbing-specific training moves like one-arm pullups and deadhangs. Here are three more mainstream exercises you might be missing out on.
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.
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Everyone knows about climbing-specific training moves like one-arm pullups and deadhangs. Here are three more mainstream exercises you might be missing out on.
Climbing competitions are about more than just climbing hard routes, and they’re designed for more than just super-strong climbers.
The Climbing Wall Association’s “Inside Voices” is a marketing campaign designed to give climbing gyms tools to stay afloat.
The German climber is selling t-shirts emblazoned with his famous #CarrotsForPower slogan, with all proceeds donated to a different NGO each month.
Gym Climber reached out to Chelsea Rude, a climbing coach who recently founded the nonprofit “She Sends Collective” to ask her some questions about the project.
Many climbers spend thousands on gear each year, and there’s a lot of waste going on. Here are a few ways we can all spend less and be more sustainable.
Five more tips for staying positive and stoked throughout your climbing career.
The first 2021 World Cup will go ahead in Meiringen, and the IFSC has yet to formally declare South Koreans Jongwon Chon and Chaehyun Seo “qualified” for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, among other news.
“The battle begins and ends in the mind,” said a strawberry lollipop wrapper that I read once. Five tips for staying psyched for the long-run.
Climbing’s financial barriers to entry are extremely high, but there's one underutilized workaround.
Climbers spend millions on new shoes each year, throwing away old pairs simply because of a few holes. NYC resoler Flash Friction aims to change that, and help minority climbers along the way.
Learning to cultivate a healthy fear response is a good move, whether you’re on K2 or in the boulder cave at your local gym.
The Live Your Dream grant is an AAC grant for us all, from 5.5 beginner sport climbers to mountaineering aficionados.
President Biden has positioned a slew of new folks to serve as heads of various departments, many of which will have a direct impact on access and environmental preservation for the outdoor community. Here’s an overview of some of the major appointees.
The Slovenian duo tackled a 13-pitch, nails-hard 8b+ (5.14a) along the side of a decommissioned smokestack in their home country.
A series of models from the hit television series Vietnam's Next Top Model posed for a groundbreaking climbing photoshoot. Take notes, everyone!
We often think of gyms as vertical playgrounds. Accidents can happen outdoors, but gyms are pretty safe, right?
A paraplegiac Chinese climber hauled himself 800 feet up a building in Hong Kong to raise money for exoskeleton research.