The Zoo at Red River Gorge Closes Indefinitely
The landowner cites “the climbers’ sense of entitlement”
The landowner cites “the climbers’ sense of entitlement”
That's gotta hurt.
We published 51 new Weekend Whippers in 2024. These three are our favorites.
One climber’s quest for the promised land.
The French superstar snags first ascent of ‘Wolf Kingdom,’ suggesting it’s on the harder end of 5.15c/9b+
For the second week in a row, this climber is lucky to be uninjured.
Whether you're brand new or just looking to improve, start here
For the first time in history, climbing in the Wilderness is legally protected
And climbers collectively breathe a sigh of relief
Hannes Puman becomes first to send the alt pitch to Changing Corners
Babsi Zangerl just became the first person to free climb a route on El Capitan on her first try, without a fall. Her ascent closes a 30-year chapter of attempts.
This eight-phase (12-month) training series will present specific workouts based on the principles of periodization. Each six-week segment will build upon the previous one.
Honnold is famous for (among other things) cramming as much climbing as he can into each day. To do so, he's developed some efficiency tricks that the rest of us can imitate.
He was the first true icon of sport climbing, famous across 1980s France for his daring exploits and bohemian lifestyle. In 2012, fighting depression and the bottle, he died in a tragic accident at just 52. What happened?
There are two miracles in this week's whipper: 1) He survived. 2) He caught the fall on video.
The Roll Up Stick Clip is a truly remarkable piece of gear. Just don’t look too closely at the price.
For Tom Bolger, being a pro climber also means being an Airbnb host and an offshore oil rigger. His philosophy: being a pro is about doing whatever you can to climb as much as you can.
Kitty Calhoun has climbed hard alpine faces around the world, but her biggest struggles have come at home: dealing with death, identity, and a complex family history.
The dictionaries have it wrong: The summit isn’t the top. It’s only halfway. And what we do after the summit is even more important than what we did before. Few know this better than Kitty Calhoun, one of the greatest alpinists of her generation. Calhoun has survived so many epics—both on ascent and descent—that it’s hard to sum her up in just a few.
Perhaps Denali’s Cassin Ridge (VI 5.8 AI 4) in 1985 is a good place to start. After a rare female ascent when she and her partner ran out of food—common for Calhoun, whose climbs notoriously scrimp gear and food—stormbound for five days, their descent turned into a fight for survival fueled by only two cups of water per day per person.
Or maybe her visionary attempt at the first ascent of the North Face of Thalay Sagar (6,904m) in 1986? Calhoun survived eight days at 40 below, four without food, her “team” one other climber, Andy Selters—no radio, oxygen, basecamp support, or chance of outside help—while experimenting for the first time with a handmade portaledge anchored off ice screws on a vertical ice wall thousands of feet up.
What about when Calhoun became the first American woman to summit Dhaulagiri (8,167m) in 1987, after barely surviving an avalanche on ascent? Or tackling the immense West Pillar of Makalu (8,481m) in 1990—known for knife-edge ridges, breathtaking exposure, and 10,000 feet of some of the hardest technical climbing anywhere–where Calhoun became the first woman and only the fourth climber to top out?
For Calhoun, the list goes on at the risk of making the extraordinary sound mundane.