Given that I used to be a brash, loud-mouthed punk—though have since aged into “charmingly” salty—I’ve been on the receiving end of a few slanderous route names, which, because I have no “boundaries” or “shame” or “self-esteem,” I will now share with you.
The tent flap was thrown open and I saw, or thought I saw, a hooded figure, waving a gloved hand and yelling, “Come on. Get over here!” I was worse off than I thought. Seeing and hearing things.
After losing her friend to a rappelling accident and her father to a heart attack, our writer grapples with what it means to lead a well-lived life.
Just because the rock is bomber doesn’t mean the fixed gear is.
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Cat Runner, 24, discusses his victorious effort on the reality show, and the hurdles he’s overcome as a transgender athlete.
Instead of lowering to the ground, you can often “boink” back up to your last quickdraw by pulling up on the rope, unweighting, and allowing your belayer to quickly take in slack.
Upper and Upper Upper Chaos Canyon were closed due to a rockslide this summer. The extent of the closures may be the result of pre-existing tensions caused by bad climber behavior.
I was young, dumb, and ambitious. But I should have known that 5.10 slab wasn’t a great place to start.
In doing so, she became only the second American woman to tick the grade.
Alpine environments are infinitely complex—but for Gadd that is part of their allure.
With the help of digital scans, Athos is creating shoes that climbers won’t downsize.
Canada’s Vampire Spires are an impossibly rugged range in a seldom-visited wilderness. Follow contributor Jeff Achey on a rollicking amphibious assault: 100 miles by raft down the rowdy Nahanni River, followed by a first ascent to an untouched summit.
