Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wendy Altschuler is a seasoned travel and adventure writer and author. If you’re looking for a newfangled way to get in shape, be ...

The one-two beat of a climber’s hands slapping a volume rings throughout the gym. The competitor’s legs swing from one side clear to the other, and she nails a heel hook, setting herself up to dyno ...

We talk traditional rock climbing (i.e. “trad climbing”) with Mark Smiley and Vikki Weldon at the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy. The term “Traditional” rock climbing (or as many often refer to as “Trad”) ...

Rock climbing may have a reputation for being a hardcore sport for body-building buff dudes, but Vermont climbers say you don't have to look like Thor or David Hasselhoff to scale big heights on the ...

It may feel like your kids are climbing the walls at home with stay-at-home orders and businesses closed. But these kids literally are climbing the walls during a camp offered at Rockreation indoor ...

With her purple ponytail dangling beneath a grey helmet, Ceri Evans kicked one crampon-clad foot, then the other, into the plywood walls of The Ice Coop, a unique Boulder climbing gym, on a recent ...

I haven’t climbed since grade school (unless you count a few trees and more fences than I’d care to confess). But as far as rock climbing or bouldering is concerned, I’m green as grass. This summer, I ...