You can see it poking out from the back of beanies at bouldering crags. Under helmets on cycling routes and mountain bike ...

Last weekend, 450 of the world’s best rock climbers convened in the outskirts of Moscow at the CSKA Sports Complex for the second stop on the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s (IFSC) World ...

Four hundred and fifty million years ago, vast continents collided, squeezing shale into schist to form Coogan’s Bluff, in Highbridge Park, in northern Manhattan. A few weeks ago, Sam Lerner Dreamer, ...

Purity is an overused word in climbing circles and what constitutes a pure approach to climbing has been the subject of endless debate. Sport climbers would assert that climbing on fixed protection ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The smell of burning flesh was so potent, Adam Strong had to roll down the windows. Hands that once navigated rock faces that some boulderers could only ...

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Brooke Raboutou has made history by becoming the first woman in history to climb a 9b+ (5.15c) sport climbing route. On March 9 2025, she successfully sent Excalibur at Drena, Italy, etching her name ...

In Boulder, every climbing area holds a rich history full of wild characters and daredevil climbs. I recently featured five local routes that, when established (between 1948 and 1979), were among the ...

Vaulting, dodging, climbing and swerving through tight corners might not be novel challenges for you if you’ve survived the city as a true Mumbaikar. But as athletes and coaches reveal later in this ...

Rock climbing has gained popularity over the past few years, and whether you watched “Free Solo” or the Paris Olympics, you might be wondering how to start rock climbing. Getting into the sport is ...