Essay: On Belay or On Fleek
The history of climbing in America has been a circuitous one. Popularized decades ago, by rebels...
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5 Must-Know Etiquette Rules for the Climbing Gym
Tuesday nights, I have a standing climbing date with my longtime partner. For the last 5 years,...
Read MoreGo RVing — Brothers of Climbing
Hear from Mikhail Martin, the founder of Brooklyn-based climbing group, Brothers of Climbing, as...
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Action Alert: Don’t Let Congress Gut the Antiquities Act
We need your help! Congress is getting ready to vote on the National Monument Creation and...
Read MoreREEL ROCK 12 Official Trailer
It’s that time of year again—the season of Sender Film’s highly anticipated REEL ROCK...
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Belaying from a Backpack — The Difficult Alternative to Van Life
These days, one can hardly take a casual scroll Instagram without seeing #vanlife at least once....
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Why I Climb — Picking Apart the Age-Old Question
The perennial question, Why do you climb mountains? has been answered in a variety of ways....
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Essay: At the Intersection of “Gym Rats” and “True Climbers”
So … you’re a gym rat? I found myself ear hustling the couple next to me. I fabricated their story...
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Everybody [Shouldn’t Be] Working for the Weekend: 5 Tips to Survive as a 9-5 Dirtbag
The morning appears luminescent as it dawns on the windshield of the raggedy truck; the ubiquitous...
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Essay: Postscript Climbers — the “Weenies” of Climbing
I’ve been climbing in West Virginia for seven years, and up until last weekend, I could never talk...
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Essay: To Suffer Well — An Ode to Grit
It’s as if someone has turned the water spigot on full blast at the top of the crack in which my...
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Essay: Climbing Partnerships and the Misattribution of Arousal
A lifelong eschewer of reality TV, I was naturally skeptical when my friend and climbing partner...
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