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 ...
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 ...
We’ve all been there, slapping repeatedly for the same hold, each time finding ourselves slumped on the rope or the pads and telling ourselves we’re too weak! You’ve checked and re-checked your foot ...
If you’re new to climbing literature, start with these definitive tales of adventure. To find out which stories are really worth reading, we asked more than 35 writers, publishers, and filmmakers—plus ...
Maya is editor-in-chief of Climbing Magazine. She's covered the outdoors, travel, the environment, and food for 15+ years, and is the author of four Moon travel guides to Utah. Even though she would ...
My memoir Climbing Free focused on the first 25 years of my life as a climber. This reflection is about the next 25 years of my life as a climber and mother. I couldn’t have imagined that what started ...
We all know about the great rock in Colorado and Utah and California, but what about the other 47 states? Where do people rope up in Rhode Island? Is there any rock in Nebraska? The trouble with ...
This story originally appeared in the February 2016 issue of our print edition. Once a dank cave where diehards trained through the winter, the climbing gym is now an architectural wonder, a cultural ...
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