The American climber pushed the boundaries of free soloing and speed soloing, and was a preeminent highliner and BASE jumper.
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The American climber pushed the boundaries of free soloing and speed soloing, and was a preeminent highliner and BASE jumper.
The New Zealand mountaineer achieved international fame after his summit of the world’s highest peak in 1953. He also visited the North and South Poles, among other ventures.
The Slovenian is climbing’s first female Olympic medalist, the first woman to onsight 5.14b, and perhaps our sport’s strongest overall competitor.
29-year-old Dalton Snow was hospitalized after a trad fall while climbing on April 12, near Kings Bottom, Moab.
The 21-year-old was climbing V10 by the age of nine and was the USA’s first qualified Olympic climber.
Brent Barghahn and Amity Warme free climbed Freerider (VI 5.13a) in a day without any support or rehearsal.
By the time of his and Sir Edmund Hillary's successful Everest climb, Norgay had been to the mountain six times and was a prolific high-altitude climber, earning numerous prestigious awards.
Non-fungible Tokens give freelance photographers, videographers, writers, and other self-employed climbers a new market and method for sales.
Ever wanted to climb an 8,000er while watching Netflix and sipping hot cocoa? The AlpineComfortMAX is bridging the gap between luxury and alpine adventure.
Move over Speed. “Campusing” is the newest climbing category to feature in the upcoming Olympic Games.
The autonomous iSAVE-U drone is capable of long-lining climbers off walls up to 50 miles away.
50-year-old Tina Fiori passed away Saturday, March 26, after her anchor failed while rappelling.
Alison Hargreaves and her son Tom Ballard were two of the finest alpinists of their eras. “The Last Mountain” skillfully exposes the void formed in their wakes, though it diminishes Ballard’s climbing partner in the process.
He established 5.9 in the early 1900s at a time when that was likely the highest grade worldwide, and went on to pioneer what would become the Northeast Ridge route on Everest.
The nine-fingered Dawn Wall climber was one of climbing’s first celebrities and a pioneer of big wall Yosemite free ascents.
The Czech wunderkind is both a top-end sport climber and boulderer, and the only person in history to have sent a proposed 5.15d climb.
Until Gill came along bouldering was regarded as a leisure activity. He brought it front and center, legitimizing what is today perhaps climbing's most popular discipline.
The fearless American free soloist brought climbing into the limelight, and upped the risk ante so high it may never be surpassed.
One of climbing's long-time pioneers, gear inventor, and out-of-the-box thinkers, Lowe paved the way for modern competition, mixed and ice climbing.