A few tips and tricks for your first day at the crag, from someone who learned all these lessons the hard way.
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.
An expert explains why the destroyed artwork is an irreplaceable piece of Grand Canyon history.
Facing severe staffing shortages and equipment issues, the National Park Service has quietly dismantled its underwater recovery team at Lake Mead.
A few tips and tricks for your first day at the crag, from someone who learned all these lessons the hard way.
Rock climbers have long scoffed at the 14er-bagging goal as fodder for ‘hikers’ and old men who fancy themselves mountaineers after a summer tick of Whitney. They’re wrong, and here’s why.
Nelson Lakes National Park is a rugged landscape of towering peaks and glistening alpine lakes nestled in the north of New Zealand's South Island.
When Darrin Reay found three sport lines had been bolted over ancient rock art in Moab last weekend, he promptly removed the bolts. Climbing reached out to chat with Reay about the incident.
In 2010, Mike Libecki set out for Afghanistan alone to tackle a series of remote first ascents. It would lead him to the closest call he's ever had in his life.
The 23-year-old Frenchman has ticked the second ascent of Simon Lorenzi’s proposed V17 in the Font, suggesting a slight downgrade to V16.
Chalk pollution is a real problem. We’d all do well to grow a little more conscious of how we choose to chalk up.
Harboring a sprawling network of summits along the western coast of the South Island of New Zealand, Mount Aspiring National Park is part of Te Wahipounamu – the Southwest New Zealand World Heritage Area.
Yosemite National Park has announced plans to set up an extensive network of auto belays on the iconic big wall, beginning with a series of auto belays protecting the Nose.
A handful of American private entities and government agencies, including NASA and Space-X, have announced plans to build a climbing wall on the moon.
Do you have a little one who loves to get on the wall? Here are a few cool climbing-themed gifts for your young crusher.
Maciek Ciesielski, Kacper Tekieli and Piotr Sułowski have completed one of the most notorious alpine linkups in Poland in a 43-hour winter blitz.
Your uncle Paul, who does some high-paying job for a mid-level government contractor, has just returned from his expedition to summit Everest, the ultimate goal for any climber.
Bend, Oregon's 10 Barrel Brewing is all about crushing the outdoor lifestyle, staying sustainable and giving back.
You’ll never believe the one simple, natural supplement I used to climb harder, get jacked, and become extremely intelligent. Doctors HATE me!
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.