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The International Rescue Committee hopes that by teaching kids how to conquer the crag, they'll also be better off facing challenges in their daily lives

Fight the spring showers with these jackets

Ngima Sherpa and Dendi Sherpa were hit by flying ice when a serac collapsed as they navigated the infamous route up Mount Everest. Theirs are the first major injuries of the season.

In today’s era, claiming an adventure record requires more than skill. You need a laundry list of caveats and qualifiers.

Lightweight and easy to pull on, whether you're in the gym or at the crag

Evan Phillips climbed mountains until an injury took him out of the game. Now he pours his energy into making music and 'The Firn Line,' a podcast about the lives of climbers, artists, and adventurers.

The world's highest peak will again be the focus of the climbing world

We’re a competitive bunch. Here’s how we stay fit enough to keep up.

What elite athletes wish they had known when they first started climbing

When two climbers were stranded near the summit of Nanga Parbat last winter, they sent out a desperate call on their satellite device. A hundred miles away, a Polish team of extraordinary climbers answered the call, prompting one of the most daring rescues in mountaineering history.

The Land of Maybe features a trip to the Faroe Islands with climbers Cedar Wright, James Pearson, and Yuji Hirayama.

Some of these vans have so many gorgeous wood panels and stainless steel fixtures, they make my town house look a little dumpy

Mount Everest is increasingly defined by budget guiding companies—and more crowding than ever

Pro climbers and guides share their perspectives on why an event like the Women's Climbing Festival matters to them and to the sport at large

Sherpa women aren’t encouraged to climb mountains. But that wasn't going to stop Dawa Yangzum Sherpa, who grew up in a Himalayan village with no electricity or running water but knew that she would one day summit Mount Everest. At 21, she stood on top of the world and then started a new quest: to become the first woman from her country to earn mountaineering's most elite title—an IFMGA.

Women who work as guides and professional athletes face a tougher go than their male counterparts if they also want to raise children

Twenty-two years after its founding, the e-retailer will start making in-house outdoor apparel and gear, as well as collaborating with a few select brands, like Flylow and Black Diamond, on co-branded product

For when you don’t have tens of thousands dollars just laying around

For the first time, the International Olympic Committee is researching what it takes for new moms to return to high-level competition

The effort paradox explains everything from mountain climbing to buying IKEA furniture

The Reluctant Enthusiasts explores humankind’s relationship with wild places through the words of Edward Abbey.

And also, when to stop being a baby and learn to enjoy yourself

Could the short, goofy-looking busboy become the new king of hard soloing and speed climbing?

Get ready for three days of sending in Bishop, California

Every year, the Upper Peninsula town of Munising hosts the Michigan Ice Fest. Last month, a certain celebrity rock climber attended the event, working with pro ice climber Angela VanWiemeersch to learn to climb a different type of face.

And global warming could bring more of it to the surface

The latest book by David Roberts is a personal narrative on mortality and relationships and a polemic on the history and future of adventure

Alaska State Troopers called off a six-day search after finding the climbers' ropes on the Mendenhall Tower

The two world-class alpinists haven’t been heard from since Monday afternoon, when they summited the Mendenhall Towers

The climber's posthumously published autobiography gives an intimate look at a mountain legend and takes on new meaning after his death

A versatile getup for winter’s last throes and spring’s first showers

Bad weather, an unscheduled rescue, and a mutiny wrecked the chances of two teams hoping to make daring winter summits

She was a pioneer for women in the industry

Do you really need a bra specifically made for rock climbing? Yes.

High-altitude alpinist Masha Gordon says it's time women claimed more peaks, and she has a plan to make it happen

With back-to-back sends of 5.15-rated routes, the climber made history in 2017. And she's just getting started.

Generations of mountaineers stopped at the small home in Pangboche for an audience with the humble, loving Buddhist

Wearing wild paisley shirts and bell-bottomed pants, smoking cigarettes and posing with rebellious insouciance, Bridwell and his partners created an utterly new image of the rock climber as anti-establishment biker-hippy-hardass, while sending routes harder and more terrifying than anything done before

From filmmaker Bernardo Giménez, Silence, chronicles climber Adam Ondra’s first ascent of the climbing route 'Silence'.

As rescuers worked to save seven climbers, television crews live-streamed everything. The question is: should they?

Navajo climber Len Necefer is using social media to remind us of our wild places' indigenous histories

Make popping a squat as painless and embarrassment-free as possible

In back-to-back days, Michaela Kiersch and Paige Claassen secured the first and second female ascents of Necessary Evil, a 5.14c in Arizona

Climbing Out of a Disaster from Black Diamond follows Puerto Rican climber Bryant Huffman as he realizes how his skills as a climber can aid in recovery from hurricane Maria.

When Black Diamond released its first-ever batch of climbing shoes, only a third of the initial line was marketed to women

A meditation on dating people who have different skills than you do

Generations of climbers, journalists, and scholars relied on her reporting from the foot of the world's 8,000-meter peaks

Don't try to justify what we do in the outdoors. Just enjoy it.

The pro climber on her go-to, high-tech methods for staying healthy and injury-free

A new study says yes, and scientists are trying to find out why

During 40 years of adventure, hard-charging writer and climber Mark Jenkins has asked a lot of his wife and kids. After his fourth attempt on a dicey Chinese peak, he examines the risks and rewards of a risk-defying career.

The pro climber caught flak on Instagram for straying into politics—but he says it's essential for athletes to speak out

Still dominant on the crag at 36, Sharma reflects on his greatest climbs and how those lessons have helped him break into the business world

Take your workouts and results to the next level with the help of these expert-recommended (free) apps

The ideal kit for sending the sport's toughest grades

From technical, three-layer shells to casual flannels, Basin and Range makes clothes designed for an adventurous lifestyle

Alex Txikon attempts an off-season climb of the world's highest peak

A new study wades into the controversy, with unexpected results

Who cares how you funded your nice van or thru-hike? What matters is that you're spending time outside.

We know you’ve been lacking this year—here’s how to change that

No one wants to have the conversation—but no one can avoid it, either

Big wall free solo climber Alex Honnold reflects on why he’s so enamored with El Cap in this recent animated film called Walls Are Meant for Climbing from the North Face.

Wild and Wonderful from advocacy group New River Alliance of Climbers and filmmaker Tara Kerzhner documents the persistence it took to make the PsicoRoc deep water solo competition happen.

In this short documentary from Uninterrupted, climber Kai Lightner takes his skills to the next level as he navigates the world of adult climbing with his sights set on a 2020 Olympic bid.  

Steph Davis is an accomplished climber and BASE jumper, so on a climbing outing north of Moab, she combined both skills and made this short video. 

In February 2017, Margo Hayes became the first woman to climb a 5.15a when she sent La Rambla, one of the most technical climbs in the world. 

So why were most of their major accomplishments also accompanied by a swarm of questions about the routes' legitimacy?

Big-wall climber Quinn Brett fell 100 feet while climbing El Capitan. Now paralyzed, she thinks back to her accident and reimagines her future.

Rob Miller worked for seven years to develop a new line up Yosemite's tallest wall. In the end, it all came down to a few short moves.

It's time, well, spent

Wouldn’t you like to get away? To a place where you can be pampered and just relax? Of course you wouldn’t.

For this Tough Love, by popular request, we're doing something a little different: a semi-noncapitalist gift guide

From director Jon Glassberg and writer Caroline Treadway, this film documents Heather Weidner's attempt at trad climbing China Doll.

The fight over Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments is just getting started

From filmmaker Jon Glassberg and writer Caroline Treadway, China Doll follows climbers Heather and Chris Weidner as Heather attempts to climb China Doll in Dream Canyon.

The Himalayan Database has long been considered the place to find stats about climbs on the region's big peaks. Now, for the first time, that data will be free to the public.

When she was in college, Jack Kerouac’s book The Dharma Bums helped the author find her place in wilderness and in life. She hoped it would do the same for her 16-year-old son as they embarked on a mother-son California road trip retracing Kerouac’s adventures.

Before Amazon and big-box stores, mountain shops like Eastside Sports dotted the West. Now, it's one of the last survivors.

Meet Ray Verseau, widely known as the world's best belayer. Not only has he created a career out of belaying, he's made it into a lifestyle.

Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright are known for sending incredible routes in remote regions around the world.