Climbing
Top 10 Expeditions of 2021: #7: Sharaghrar
Over the last 12 months, ExplorersWeb has documented incredible...
Yuji Hirayama, 52, Climbs 8c+ First Ascent in Japan
Yuji Hirayama is a legend in rock climbing. Back...
Alex Honnold Grinds Out Long Route That May Be Hardest in U.S.
Synthetic Happiness has six pitches at 7c+/5.13 or harder...
The 10 Best Sport Climbs of 2021
The best sport climbs usually result from calculative dedication....
Friday Night Movie: ‘Valley Uprising’ on Amazon Prime is a Total Hoot
If you haven't seen the 2014 documentary, Valley Uprising,...
Climber Finally Gets Reward from Jewels He Found from Mont Blanc Plane Crash
On January 24, 1966, an Air India plane carrying...
Dive Surprisingly Deep with Adam Ondra in ‘Beyond Focus’ (Video)
Want to hear what the world’s best rock climber...
Climber Breaks Foot, Then Sends 9a+: Stefan Scherz is a ‘Papichulo’ Indeed
If you don't speak colloquial Spanish, you may or...
Alex Megos Bags Two of the World’s Hardest Climbs in Siurana, Spain
In less than two weeks, German climber Alex Megos...
Italians Add to Rich Mont Blanc History with First Ascent of ‘Cascata Major’
On Saturday, November 20, 2021, alpinists Francesco Civra Dano...
Great Tales in Mountaineering History: The Trango Towers
In the Karakorum, a group of rock towers feature...
Silvan Schupbach Frees Switzerland’s Hardest Trad Multi-Pitch
On October 15, Swiss alpinist Silvan Schupbach freed a...
The Women Who Are Pushing Ice Climbing Forward
As in mountaineering, there are still more men than...
Bosi Suggests a Soft 9a+ for Raven Tor’s ‘Brandenburg Gate’
Will Bosi needed less than two weeks to clean...
10-Metre Groundfall Potential? ‘Spicy’ New Trad Route Tests Nerves
In 2016, Jacopo Larcher climbed E11. Then in 2019,...
Cooler Heads Begin to Prevail in ‘Stolen Gear’ Debate
The controversy over the first ascent Tengkampoche's NE Pillar...
Janja Garnbret is the First Woman to Onsight 8c (5.14b) — Twice
If there were any doubt that Janja Garnbret's gym-climbing...
23 Years After its First Ascent, Will Bosi Repeats ‘Mutation’ at Raven Tor, Ups the Grade
Will Bosi is an avid climber, a formidable competitor...
Adam Ondra Sends ‘Molekuly’, the 44th 9a+(5.15a) Climb of His Career
"Wow, it actually goes." That's the first thing Adam...
