Climbing

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How To Find New Boulders to Climb: A Misguided Take on Good Advice

Once, there was only one way. Finding new rock to...
ascend doc patagonia

Weekend Warm-Up: Afghan Women Take Up Climbing

What does climbing mean when you've lost your country,...
Seb Bouin sending Bibliographie.

Seb Bouin Sends ‘Bibliographie’ in France

French climber Sebastien (Seb) Bouin has completed 'Bibliographie' (9b+)...
Lukas Hinterberger and Michael Wohlleben after completing the Salbitschijen winter trilogy.

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Weekend Warm-Up: Findlay’s Tin Foil Tactics For Dangerous Climbing

Muy Caliente! is dangerous and terribly hard. On a...
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Denali Bulletin: Climber Survives 300m Fall, Two Others Get Heli Rescue

Two difficult but successful rescues have occurred around Denali,...
kacper tekieli ice climbing (selfie)

Polish Alpinist Kacper Tekieli Dies on Jungfrau

Kacper Tekieli died May 17 while climbing Switzerland's 4,158m...
a climber on a waterfront cliff

Weekend Warm-Up: ‘Does Climbing Matter?’ Quebec Edition

Leave it to an aid climbing documentary to stake...
dave macleod filing down a stopper in a vise

How Dave MacLeod’s Precision Unlocks the Most Severe Climbs

On E9, margins can get pretty thin (to state...
alex honnold free soloing a thin crack on moonlight buttress

Alex Honnold’s Unknown Free Solos

OMG, you guys — secrets! Alex Honnold’s secrets! I don’t...
seb bouin is a speck on "Supreme Jumbo Love" 5.15c

Watch Seb Bouin Climb America’s First 5.15c (9b+), ‘Suprême Jumbo Love’

Some claim sport climbing is lame. Seb Bouin, Chris...
the moose's tooth, above the ruth glacier

Two Climbers Missing on the Moose’s Tooth in Alaska

Two climbers skied in to the Moose’s Tooth earlier...
adam ondra

Typical Ondra: Sends Three Climbs 8b+ or Harder in One Day, World Goes ‘Meh’

It's a testament to Adam Ondra's dominance of elite-level...
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anna hazelnutt climbing a sheer limestone cliff above an austrian village

First Whippers of Spring? Wide Boyz and Hazelnutt Get Gripped, Bust Gear, Send E9/10

Spring has sprung, which means rock climbers around the...
steve mcclure leading le voyage on the striped sandstone of annot

Steve McClure Clings, Fights, Scraps for Wild Send on ‘Le Voyage’ (E10 7a)

Steve McClure hunts joy on terrifying climbs. From GreatNess to...
lucien martinez on playboy rode sans complexe 9a+

Prized Seb Bouin Line Sees First Repeat by This Quirky Climber

What’s the word for Lucien Martinez’s mental approach to...
portrait of the missing mountaineer

Climber Disappears in the Alps Two Days Before Heading to Kangchenjunga

Hungarian mountaineer and extreme skier Akos Gyorffy is missing...
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Woman Crushed While Saving Belayer From Falling Block of Ice

The Utah climbing community at large today mourns a...
Jarkya 6,473m.

Japanese to Attempt Unclimbed Jarkya Peak

A Japanese party is heading to Nepal to attempt...
Man on a stand-up paddleboard under dark skies

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two mountaineers take a selfie on a snowy summit

Iconic Polish Climb Finally Goes Free in Winter ‘Classic’ Style

When the Heinrich-Chrobak went up in 1964, it stood...
indian climber swinging on a roof route

Weekend Warm-Up: ‘Dhauj Diaries’ Tells Classic Story of A Crag Restored

Any climber who's earned their stripes will immediately recognize...

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