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The spring Everest season is shaping up to be an exciting one: Ueli Steck is returning to complete an epic traverse; Kilian Jornet wants a speed record; and the mountain will be packed with climbers who didn't get to attempt the summit in 2014 and 2015.
It's about time we had emojicons for climbers! For the past year, I鈥檝e been working on creating one.
The craziest rock-climbing event in the world happens annually in the Ozarks of Arkansas, in a u-shaped canyon with enough routes for 24 straight hours of nonstop ascents. They call it Horseshoe Hell, but don't be fooled: for outdoor athletes who love physical challenges with some partying thrown in, it's heaven.
Watch to see what life is like during the world's wildest climbing event.
Athletes who love climbing outdoors aren't positioning themselves to perform well at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Here's why.
The climbing legend passed away on Tuesday, March 14. Here, we assembled reactions from those who knew, loved, and were inspired by him.
Rock climbing legend and big-wall pioneer Royal Robbins died on Tuesday, March 14, at age 82. Anyone who has ever climbed outdoors owes a debt to Robbins.
Myles Osborne was poised to summit Mount Everest when a flapping of fabric caught his eye. He thought it was a tent鈥攖hen it spoke.
Hayes made history by becoming the first woman to climb a 15.5a鈥攖he 131-foot La Rambla line up El Pati wall in Siurana, Spain. These photos follow her journey from the bottom of the crag to the anchors.
In 1979, 11 years old and armed with a Kodak Instamatic 110, photographer Andrew Phelps took his first image in the Grand Canyon on a trip with his father, Brent. Phelps shot four rolls of film that trip, but the square prints he developed upon his return didn鈥檛 do his memories justice. Ever since, and with a life dedicated to photography, he鈥檚 been trying to successfully capture the canyon. Thousands of frames later, and after nine trips over 34 years with his father, Phelps took to sorting through his work. The result is a 108-page book called Cubic Feet/Sec.
Rock gyms are about socializing as much as they鈥檙e about fitness these days. But before you take your Valentine鈥檚 Day crush on an indoor climbing date, there are a few things you should know.
How do you make climbing the world鈥檚 toughest mountain harder? Do it in the off-season.
Finnish climber Nalle Hukkataival made an estimated 4,000 attempts on what's currently the world's toughest bouldering problem before finally conquering it last October. His new film, out next week, documents the quest.
Evolving as an athlete means leaving old passions behind and focusing on factors within your control
Fine dining on Everest? Only $1,050 per person.
Seven people ascended a construction crane in downtown D.C. on Wednesday and unfurled a 65-pound banner in protest of President Trump. Here's how they did it.
Even if you're not an aspiring pro athlete, there's a smart way to build a fan base on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
From E9 Clothing Company, Because I See is a reflection on the sport of rock climbing.
Photographer Seth Langbauer鈥檚 favorite moments from the 20th annual Bozeman Ice Festival
Twenty-years ago Dan Osman set a world record completing the Bear's Reach route of Lover's Leap in 4:25. A young climber at the time, Alex Honnold, was completely inspired by the feat.
Faced with immense amounts of time and little money, Gaz Leah set out on a project that would turn NYC bouldering on its head.
With Ethan Pringle at the forefront, El Capitan takes a look at the presence of mind brought on by climbing.
A plan for a drive-up climbing center on the north side of the mountain also includes the mainstays of a modern resort: lodging, restaurants, and a museum. Is this the future of the world's highest peak?
The Czech climber just conquered one of the world's hardest routes in record time
A new study looks at whether stories about PEDs in the mountains have any truth to them
We sent photographer Max Whittaker to hang out with Alex Honnold last month in Yosemite and get a peek at his new adventuremobile.
She鈥檚 not as famous as many other climbers, but her story is one of the most inspiring in the sport
In Crested Butte, CO, you may see a group of climbers doing something you've never imagined. They summit mountains without vision.
David Roberts, a major figure in modern adventure literature, has explored risk, death, and loss for more than 50 years. Now he鈥檚 fighting cancer while producing new writing鈥攊ncluding a series of reflections on his disease鈥攖hat friends and colleagues believe is his best work yet.
I made my first trip to Norway this spring to document the quieter side of BASE jumping. So much of the imagery I had seen was this wide angle, GoPro-style photography, usually accompanied by a Red Bull logo and a speed-metal soundtrack.
The world鈥檚 most reclusive climber just became a father and opened a gym, which means he's had to dramatically rethink how he stays in rock shape
We really can't get enough of Fred Beckey. He's ruthless, irreverent, and the grandfather of dirtbagging.
Fred Beckey all but invented the sport of climbing with daring first ascents of peaks once thought unclimbable. At 93, his brain might be the greatest repository of information about American mountaineering in existence.
Deaths, injuries, and helicopter rescues are a regular occurrence on Longs Peak, but that doesn鈥檛 stop people from trying to climb it
In 1973 the faces of Yosemite were strikingly, male. For Lynn Hill, Sibylle Hechtel, and Bev Johnson this just became unacceptable.
Ashima Shiraishi has arguably become the best climber in the world. And she鈥檚 only 15. What's next for the Japanese-American climbing prodigy?
Fifteen-year-old Ashima Shiraishi is on the fast track to becoming the sport鈥檚 greatest athlete
What arguably the best climber in the world relies on to keep her safe, warm, and moving free
As a part-time student and part-time professional climber, Ashima has already turned the climbing world on its head. The most impressive thing? She's just getting started.
It may come as a surprise that the world-championship climber's natural habitat isn鈥檛 the mountains, it's Manhattan
As a part-time student and part-time professional climber, Ashima has already turned the climbing world on its head. The most impressive thing? She's just getting started.
Track鈥檚 most outspoken runner sets his sights on the mountains
Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington plan to climb the world鈥檚 sixth tallest mountain in record time. If they're successful, it could launch a whole new type of commercial mountaineering.
The Reel Rock Film Tour is celebrating its 11th year in 2016, and with this lineup, it's a year for the ages.
His journey from dirtbag to rock star, how to choose a climbing partner, and why bottled oxygen might be a performance-enhancing drug
One of the world's best climbers on the IOC's problematic approach to climbing鈥攁nd why she's still excited for the sport to appear at the games for the first time
How six months rock climbing in Moab and around the west led Dan Dennis to the Olympic freestyle wrestling team
Suz Graham is an all around adventurer that participates in some incredibly raw sports. What most folks don't know is that she also values meditation, relaxation and recovery.
Here's the high-end climbing equipment you'll need to haul yourself up the side of a skyscraper in midtown Manhattan
And that's according to some of the very athletes they're trying so desperately to woo
Climbing Tormore Island with Iain Miller.
'The Traverse' traces California poet Brian Laidlaw as he boulders through Burro Schmidt's Tunnel in the Mojave Desert.
Coldhouse Collective's latest film follows British climber Leo Holding on the Mirror Wall in Greenland.
The greatest thing about the Pacific Northwest is how much accessible adventure hides in the creases of its maps.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being poured into the burgeoning indoor climbing industry. Will the influx of cash help these gyms finally go mainstream?
You can finally climb the oldest neighborhood in Los Angeles
The first American woman to summit Everest without oxygen canisters and make it back down alive explains why she snuck off to the mountain without alerting her sponsors鈥攐r even her parents
Nestled in the Magic Wood of Switzerland, Practice of the Wild, rated Font 8c (or V15), is one of the hardest boulder problems in the world. After watching footage of Tyler Landman performing the second ascent of the problem (Chris Sharma locked in the first), climber Dave…
Surviving the world鈥檚 tallest mountain takes a lifetime, even if you come down unharmed. It leaves an indelible mark on your soul that one can only cope with.
Climbing rangers In Yosemite, Denali, and Grand Teton are helping Sherpas become better guides
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey is an upcoming documentary from Dave O鈥橪eske that tells the story of a rebellious climbing icon.
We sat down with climber Mike Libecki to talk about his new film Poumaka, which follows his wild first accent of a jungle tower on a remote French Polynesian island.
The most pivotal climbing moments in Yosemite鈥檚 storied history, from some of climbing鈥檚 most celebrated athletes and voices
We sat down with filmmaker Dan Mirsky at 5point Film Festival to discuss his latest film, The Width of Life.
Shareable fitness data has been instrumental to the success of Adrian Ballinger and Corey Richards鈥檚 push up Everest. Will it change how the mountain is climbed?
In her sixth ascent of the world's tallest peak, 32-year-old Melissa Arnot earned one of the few prizes left on the mountain
Alpinst Emily Ward was determined to be a better climber than before her cancer diagnosis
Filmmaker Oakley Anderson-Moore traces the golden age of climbing on a quest to understand more about her father, a pioneering dirtbag from the era
Yes, that's the combination of the words "climbing" and "bouldering", and the term is used to describe climbing on buildings (go figure).
Nine Sherpa guides setting rope lines on the upper part of the mountain have become the first of the season to reach the top of the world's highest peak
Lhakpa Sherpa 鈥嬧媓as climbed Everest more than any other woman鈥斺媋nd now she's on the mountain trying for her seventh summit鈥.
"You know when your mom thinks you're going to be a pharmacist, and then you tell her that you want to spend your life as a rock climbing guide..."
Lowe鈥檚 climbing partner, Conrad Anker, and his widow, Jenni-Lowe Anker, talk about a dramatic discovery that comes more than 16 years after he and climber David Bridges vanished in a Himalyan avalanche
"The thing that gives us so much joy and purpose in our lives can end it all in a second."
Cnoc na Mara, an iconic sea stack off the coast of County Donegal in Ireland, makes for great climbing
Instead of making Sherpas carry ropes and hardware over the dangerous Khumbu Icefall, helicopters are now doing it
"We Sherpa people have a great respect for the mountain. We call Everest 'Chomolungma'. She's the mother god of the earth."
One Sherpa talks about his role in the Mount Everest climbing industry.