Bennett Slavsky

20 Minutes With a Kettlebell Will Transform Your Climbing

Drew Herder and Ben Wilbur made the first continuous ascent of one of the longest continuous rock climbs on earth: The ‘Great Wall of China’, a.k.a the ‘Gunks Traverse’… 9,000 feet of lichen and choss.

If you live far from the crags or a climbing gym—or find yourself marooned in a “climbing desert”—you need not lose sight of your climbing goals.

The Conservation Team is composed of land restoration experts who travel the country and work on bringing climbing areas back to health. But they need our help.

He spent his days pursuing climbing, mountaineering, trail running, snowboarding, and whatever else could get him into the mountains. He was killed in battle on June 11, 2022, a week before his 36th birthday.

He was a climber, mountaineer, hiker, paraglider, swimmer, enduro rider, and more—pursuing any activity that could take him to unique and beautiful places. He died on the frontlines of the war two days before his 28th birthday.

When the BLM proposed a fee and reservation system for Calico Basin, the local climbing community and Access Fund fought to make sure their voice was heard.

Upper and Upper Upper Chaos Canyon were closed due to a rockslide this summer. The extent of the closures may be the result of pre-existing tensions caused by bad climber behavior.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

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“Should I tie in through my hard points or through my belay loop?” she said. “Tie in through your belay loop,” a boy climber responded with conviction.

The Access Fund does many things, but one of their most effective strategies has been to help local climbing organizations acquire and protect threatened climbing areas.

Everyone’s a critic.

Rohr, who recently sent the first pitch of “Change” (5.15a/b), has felt beckoned to Flatanger season after season.

Many climbers settle into a niche discipline in the vast expanse of the climbing universe. Some—for better or worse—get so stuck at their grade that their personalities begin to mimic the rocks and routes they choose to climb. 

We asked 12 pros: What's the best piece of climbing advice you've received? Some of their answers are obvious, others are enlightening. But all are worthy considerations when out on the rock, plastic, or ice.

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Get to know the 17-year-old phenom, who exploded onto the national stage when he won the Pan-American Championship in 2020.

Rogora has rapidly established herself as one of the best climbers in the world, inside and outside.

This climbing season in Patagonia has been one of the most unique in several decades.

Alex Honnold and Fitz Cahall unearth climbing's history and culture.

Tierrany is the Yosemite National Park's first boulder problem to be graded V14—though it may not be the first V14.

Rockfall has destroyed a bridge and the water supply line that feeds 70% of the park.

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An elite solider and elite climber, Nims led the first winter ascent of K2 without supplemental oxygen.

Forging a partnership on The Young and the Rackless in sub-par conditions.

Sílvia Vidal spent nearly two months alone in Patagonia while completing a solo first ascent on El Chileno Grande, unaware of the unfolding pandemic in the outside world.

The Finnish supermodel has shifted her life’s focus to high-altitude mountaineering.

As the COVID-19 curve flattens in certain regions, restrictions are loosening and climbing areas are opening once again, though it’s not a free-for-all.

Climbing gyms and other businesses have begun to reopen in Georgia, though some experts have suggested that it's too soon amid the COVID-19 crisis.

The 23-year-old French climber has become the fourth woman to climb 5.15.

Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl made the first ascent of the new Helmcken Falls line, proposing WI13—making it the first route of the grade.

Do you? Really?

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