What is smearing in climbing? The word smear has multiple definitions and we’re certainly not going to get into all of them here. If you aren’t familiar with the smearing rock climbing term, you’d ...

We talk traditional rock climbing (i.e. “trad climbing”) with Mark Smiley and Vikki Weldon at the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy. The term “Traditional” rock climbing (or as many often refer to as “Trad”) ...

Uncrowned is a new destination for all things MMA, boxing, wrestling, and more, featuring Ariel Helwani. Covering significant amounts of terrain on long routes in Yosemite and Patagonia demands ...

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Britain's Pete Whittaker is one of the world's most experienced trad climbers with cutting-edge first ascents and hard repeats to his name. These span the spectrum, from short and desperate gritstone ...

Climbing is back at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and the white knuckle sport is set to wow crowds and draw in new spectators from around the globe. This year it's looking different to its debut at Tokyo ...

This camp will introduce and teach aspiring climbers standard rock-climbing techniques, such as knots, belaying and the correct way to move over rock. After one day of introduction at one of the ...

This camp is geared toward young climbers who already have some climbing experience and want to advance their skills. This camp will review and reinforce standard rock-climbing techniques such as ...

Fifty feet above the ground, clinging to a sheer wall of gabbro 80 feet high, Duluth’s Adam Dailey begins to disappear. He’s doing a training climb on mixed rock and ice at Casket Quarry, a popular ...

Researchers have explored how integrating machine and deep learning techniques can create a standardized system for evaluating rock climbing routes to provide a difficulty grading scale that promotes ...

As temperatures warm up and Red Rock Canyon draws more visitors to its popular climbing routes, safety is top of mind for local search and rescue crews.