Climber Spotlight: Beth Rodden on Redpointing Tips, Training, and Nutrition
The subjective nature of rock climbing will never allow us to determine a definitive...
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Climbing Destination Guide: Turkey
Turkey is truly a fantastic destination for a traveling climber; low cost of living, friendly...
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How to Crack Climb — 10 Helpful Tips
Photo: Kevin Boyko Considering your entry into the world of crack climbing? Then make sure to...
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Essay: The Dharma of Dirtbag — Five Principles of Rock Climbing & Buddhism
Picture your most recent big climb: you are high on a mountaintop, the wind blowing in your face,...
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Dihedral Dogs — A Short Story on Adventure, Risk, and Absolute Freedom
Lane watched restlessly as the autumn days got shorter. Every morning he drove south on Hwy 93,...
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So You Call Yourself a Climber, But Are You an Advocate, Too?
At one point or another in our nascent relationship with climbing, we finally reach the empowering...
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Adam Ondra Climbs Project Hard — World’s First 5.15d
A post shared by Adam Ondra (@adam.ondra) on Jul 12, 2017 at 2:26pm PDT On September 3, climbing...
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Cassin Ridge in a Storm: Fully Committed on the South Face of Denali
Digging in for another unexpected bivy, this time at 17,300 feet, I read our fate via inReach...
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What I Learned Big Wall Climbing The Nose (in a Day) with Hans Florine
Do hard things. That’s the mantra that veteran Yosemite speed climber Hans Florine lives by....
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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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Not one to boast, French climber Charles Albert didn’t waste his breath on the announcement:...
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Essay: New Conquerors of The Useless — The Role Of Achieving Nothing in a World Obsessed with Doing Everything
Once while waiting for an exceptionally late bus in Uganda a guy from Kansas turned to me, with...
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