Hilaree Nelson O’Neill’s body has been recovered on the south side of Manaslu. I assume Jim Morrison, her partner in life and ski mountaineering, will now arrange to bring her body home to Colorado, home to her two kids, home to a community reeling in grief from yet...
What can be done to prevent another spate of chipped boulders in Utah, including Joe’s Valley and Little Cottonwood Canyon? No, really, what?
You suck. Try Harder. It’s a good phrase.
Covid will be remembered as the outdoor industry’s greatest disrupter. The pandemic wrought massive changes on the trends, businesses, and culture of our climbing and outdoor communities. Most of those changes had been looming for the preceding 10 years; covid just...
We’re told using the abbreviation for carabiner is bad. It’s not, and here’s why.
One of the most common misconceptions I hear about protein for climbers is the concern that taking protein will make them too bulky. This is an opinion that I hear so frequently that I think it’s time to debunk it once and for all. Sorry, but increasing your protein...
Why send your best when you can drag your partner down to your worst? Andrew Bisharat|Thursday, 19 May 2022|Reading time:6 mins|Read online There’s nothing better than going on a climbing trip. The opportunity to travel is the greatest perk in any climber’s life....
Seb Bouin has completed DNA (5.15d), perhaps the world’s hardest rock climb. But will climbers take time to celebrate this accomplishment?
Instagram is bad for our mental health. So why are we incentivizing our best athletes to be obsessively active on social media?
A new initiative seeks to broaden our notions of what it means to be a professional climber.
An onsight means successfully sending a route on your first try without any information/beta. In most cases, you will onsight only climbs that are easy for you. Onsighting a hard route near your limit is probably the most difficult challenge there is in rock climbing....
A comprehensive guide to breaking routes down and learning the art of climbing perfection. How to redpoint routes and climb harder.