The Gumby Guru: Climbing Video Games
Video games are a great way to live vicariously, to experience things we ...
Everything Tastes Better Than Skinny Feels
“Gabbs, you look kind of yellow.” I’d rolled my eyes, “No I don’t.” ...
Climb Safe: Spotting for Bouldering
Jason Kehl is high. Twenty-five feet up the Grandpa Peabody boulder, the 60-foot monster testpiece ...
Life on Hold
Suspended From The Door And Suspended In Time, Awaiting Freedom From Confinement. Awaiting The ...
The Art of Climbing Without Rock or Gyms
I had fallen head over heels in love with rock climbing a few ...
Rookie Mistakes: Seven Things Beginner Climbers Get Wrong
Let’s cut to it. Most rookies are making these 7 mistakes. 1. ...
Climb Safe: Common Belay Screw-ups and What To Do About Them
In 1980 my college roommate, Mark Herndon, fell 100 feet on a two-pitch route. ...
Beirut Community Fights to Keep Climbing After Explosion
On August 4, 2020, Beirut was hit by a gigantic double explosion which wiped ...
A Brief History of Adaptive Climbing
It was June of 2006. I was standing alongside vendors in flat, hot, ...
Climbing Refuge in Lebanon
Tucked between the Mediterranean Sea, Syria and Israel, Lebanon exists in a disparate ...
One of the World’s Best Moonboarders
Perched upstairs in the rafters of the Red Rock Climbing Center in Las Vegas ...
When Gym Members Come to the Rescue
On a sunny 70-degree April afternoon in Kannapolis, North Carolina, Josh Faggart walked ...
Summer Camp
Maine. Land of endless pine forest, pristine lakes and parkin’ in the dooryard—a refuge ...
How to Get Stronger by Doing Nothing for 5 Minutes a Day
There are only two ways to get stronger: training and resting. With ready access to ...
Race to the Bottom: The Lowest Lowballs
Highball bouldering is scary. Just look at this kid. Like him, we’ll oftentimes size up a ...
The Menstrual Cycle and Climbing Performance
Are you a climber who has menstrual cycles?1 Have you ever wondered why your ...
Essential Knots for Climbing
The first thing you should know about climbing knots is that you’ll only tie ...
Kai Lightner: Open Your Eyes To The Reality Of Black Lives
When accosted by strangers, do not fight back—try to escape. Don’t go out in ...
