The IFSC recognizes Palestinian Climbers Amid their Genocide
Palestinian climbers are now able to compete World Cups, thanks to the IFSC. But what about those committing crimes against them?
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Articles
Downgrading is for the People
Pros should stick to what they do best: climbing hard. And leave the business of figuring out how hard what they’ve climbed to us.
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There is Just Climbing
The National Park Service and US Forest Service agencies have each introduced proposals for how...
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How to Climb
How to Onsight: Tips for Climbing Hard Routes First Go
An onsight means successfully sending a route on your first try without any information/beta. In...
Tips For Redpointing Sport Climbs
A comprehensive guide to breaking routes down and learning the art of climbing perfection. How to redpoint routes and climb harder.
Gym To Crag: Knowing the Basics of Climbing Outside
You’ve heard of farm to table, but all across the country, a new artisanal movement is taking...
Training
Protein For Climbers: Getting Too Bulky to Climb Hard?
One of the most common misconceptions I hear about protein for climbers is the concern that taking...
5 Questions to Make You a Better Climber
Becoming a better climber starts with asking the right questions
Bodyweight Training for Climbers
While we recommend that strength training using additional weights should be done on its own,...
Daily Stoke
Daily Stoke: Ryuichi Murai: “Floatin” (V16)
Bouldering bliss and purity of movement on this exceptional V16.
Daily Stoke: Chris Kalous Does 50 at 50
A radical assertion that technique is king, at least when it comes to crack climbing.
Margo Hayes, Chris Sharma, and the Duality of Biographie
I was in college when Chris Sharma did the first ascent of the Biographie extension at Céuse. At...
Books & Films
This Week in Climbing: Rifle’s New 5.15a
Joe Kinder caps off a successful Sendtember with his hardest route yet. Plus, a review of Damned if you Don’t by Chris Kalman.
The Alpinist: Marc Andre-Leclerc and His Last Climb
The Alpinist is a new film that profiles the life of Marc Andre-Leclerc, one of the most enigmatic climbers of our time.
Pure of Heart: Remembering Brad Gobright
Of all the characters in the lore of Western climbing history, of all the heroes and the heroines,...