Red Rock Canyon draws climbers from around the world, offering towering sandstone walls just minutes from the Las Vegas Strip ...

From the highest mountain range on the Arabian Peninsula to the birthplace of psicobloc, these climbing destinations are ideal for both recreational and serious climbers.

A dry-tooling gym in Utah is producing half of America’s youth ice-climbing team — who are dreaming of the Olympics ...

Do rock climbing shoes need to be uncomfortable? We’re not going to lie, in the world of rock climbing there can be a bit of a balance between performance and comfort. A certain level of discomfort ...

I’ve never enjoyed walking into a gym. Growing up as a fat kid, I have enough traumatic memories around exercise to fill several therapy sessions. On top of the shame I had around my body, I also have ...

At the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, Jung has installed a nearly 50-foot-tall rock-climbing wall and titled it Kaeru (2024), “frog” in Japanese. Red climbing holds zig-zag up the installation in two ...

Most Olympic sports are institutions with decades of history in the summer and winter games. Simone Biles, the Dream Team, the Miracle on Ice — gymnastics, basketball, hockey, and other established ...

Rock climbing is a great sport for thrill-seekers. In Gabriel Tallent’s Crux, main characters Dan and Tamma fit the bill perfectly. At just 17 years old, they bond over the side of a mountain where ...

Of all people, it was a jiu-jitsu partner who asked Bryce Mahoney if he wanted to go on an outdoor climbing excursion to Pilot Mountain. Mahoney said, “Sure, why not?” The agreement required him to ...

Climbing is an Olympic sport featuring three disciplines: lead climbing, speed climbing and bouldering. The injury burden associated with climbing has been well documented. However, the content of ...