Why I Always Climb With a Helmet
If you think you can’t bear the extra weight of carrying a helmet up your project, consider this: I am without a doubt more anal about weight than you.
If you think you can’t bear the extra weight of carrying a helmet up your project, consider this: I am without a doubt more anal about weight than you.
A total of 20 projects operational in 19 different countries have been nominated for the 2025 UIAA Mountain Protection Award, partnered by Lenovo. As of 2025, the MPA functions on...
"I’ve used just about every commercial stick clip and, in the end, they all tend to succumb to the same Big Three issues—except for this one."
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Twenty-six years after Hill developed Bravo Les Filles (5.13d; 2,000ft) in the Tsaranoro Valley, the route sees its first female free ascent.
"The last thing I remember after reaching the chains at the top of the route is landing feet first on the ground, crumpling in a heap."
The Alpine Club of Canada is seeking nominations for three positions on our Board of Directors for the upcoming election. Each year, three of the nine positions on the Board are elected for three-year terms.
The UIAA – International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation – has published its Annual Report for the year 2024. For the first time, the UIAA Annual Report is ‘digital only’ meaning...
In 25 local sections across Canada, all year round, members of the ACC climb, ski, hike, go to the gym, clean up crags, build trails, and gather for social events. From St. John's to Vancouver Island to the Yukon, thousand of club outings are run by volunteers each year.
Together with the hosting association, the Kosovo Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation (FBNSK), the UIAA will hold a second edition of the Mountain Sports Symposium, from 25-26 October 2025...
This beloved member of the Tennessee climbing community and gym employee lost his life to gun violence, along with another victim.
Is the Mountain Leader Qualification For Me? Is the Mountain Leader Qualification For Me? The Mountain Leader is a well established hill waking qualification in the UK, but who is its aimed at? Do you need to be a rock climber?
What my big wall mentor—and my arrogance—taught me on ‘Hearts and Arrows’ (5.12b) in 2012
An op-ed from a prolific developer on the value of blending in your bolts
Access Fund says "the scale and speed of the response exceeded expectations," but warns that the bill contains other threats to public lands.