How to Climb: Expert Advice for Wide-hand Cracks and Corners
Most of us learn to feel comfortable on finger and hand jams relatively quickly. But off-hands? Fists? Corners? Those techniques don't come quite as easily.
Most of us learn to feel comfortable on finger and hand jams relatively quickly. But off-hands? Fists? Corners? Those techniques don't come quite as easily.
Trying mini-projects, routes that will take you a few days instead of a few weeks, replicate the long-term project cycle in a compressed time period, simulating the mental and emotional components of limit redpointing.
How often do you abort your flash attempt because you dropped a cam into the sea? For Phil Jack, it was an easy decision. Jack set off on Yahoochie (E6 6a/5.12a R), a classic pump-fest on the northeast coast of Scotland.
Sexualized characters, drama, sparkles, jerks who take the sport way too seriously... “Iwa Kakeru!” is a sadistic blend of everything we love to hate about anime and climbing.
Climbers often try to increase their strength-to-weight ratios by simply cutting calories. But not all calories were created equal.
With record-breaking heat grounding helicopters, the future of search and rescue—and park access—could be in danger.
DiGiulian posted on Instagram, "Thank you, Darek, for the incredible climb, I hope you know the positive impact you had on the climbing community."
If you were excited to watch Paraclimbing in the Olympics you will be disappointed—climbing's most inspiring athletes were left out.
My shoes are too tight—now what? When I was new to climbing, I made the mistake of sizing rock shoes so tightly I had to give them away or sell them. In the late 1980s, climbing shoes were not nearly as high-tech or specialized as they are now.
The British Alpinist's abridged career was in many ways defined by his attempts to differentiate himself from his iconic mother's achievements. In the end, the resemblances are eerie.
To alleviate 30-ish days of extreme ski traffic each year, the Utah Department of Transportation is deciding between two $500 million infrastructure projects, both of which would destroy priceless Utah boulders.
Many climbing gyms face uncertain futures after being closed by Covid, then reopened at less than capacity. They need our help. Here's how you can make a difference.
Few climbers were as prolific in and out of the mountains as Roberts and he leaves behind a masterclass body of work.
“You walk without a sense of purpose,” a Berkeley bar manager once told James “Peaches” Lucas before firing him. A dedicated climber who spent 15 years living out of caves, tents, and then a Saturn station wagon to pursue the sport...
Endurance can’t be built quickly, yet at some point most of us find ourselves in a jam, with a trip booked and only a few weeks to prepare. What are the best, quick strategies for making the grade?