North Carolina

This year's best climbing destinations, from Ecuador to Turkey

Some experts estimate the hurricane will be among the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history. 

The four-pitch line on Looking Glass Rock in western North Carolina is a masterpiece of route finding, knitting together a confusion of “eyebrows”—horizontal pockets that flair in all directions.

Jason Bryant completed the Linville Crusher, one of the most iconic and sought-after linkups in the Southeast, in 4:32:02. The Crusher consists of 16 miles of hiking and 19 pitches of technical climbing.

Webbing may cost less than climbing rope, but it doesn't stretch and belay devices aren't designed for it. It seems self apparent that you should only climb on an actual climbing rope, but not everyone has gotten the message.

Get this high elevation rock while you can!

"The South is full of these quiet figures in the climbing community—people who have put up some hard, scary, beautiful, hard-to-find routes and problems. I think there is something special about recognizing these folks."

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. This week we highlight a representative cross-section, one a day.

An old-school slab romp to test the nerves.

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Craft brews and craft crags

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The best road trip destinations by region, from the Northwest to the Southeast

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