Climbing News

When I started climbing 25 years ago, there were far fewer climbers using stick clips. And those who did often had the skills to make… Read More »More Climbers Are Stick Clipping Up Routes

Pete Whittaker has made the first ascent of Crown Royale on the Profile Wall in Norway. While he hasn’t graded it, we can assume that… Read More »Crazy Hard Trad Route Opened in Norway

Reports of a climber falling to his death on El Capitan have been circulating over the past few days. Yosemite veteran and owner of the… Read More »Climber Dies on The Nose in Yosemite

Jimmy Webb, David Fitzgerald, Roman Yalowitz and Carlo Traversi recently teamed up to develop two incredible new V14 problems in South Lake Tahoe, California. In the… Read More »New V14 Problems Opened in California

Parks Canada has said that a bear attack in Alberta’s Banff National Park has left two people dead. Natalie Fay, Banff field unit external relations… Read More »Grizzly Bear Kills Two People in Canada

We saw a family of four at Elephant Rock in City of Rocks, Idaho. They were toproping Rye Crisp (5.8), one of the most popular… Read More »Yet Another Crazy Dangerous Story: Dad Could Have Killed Mom

American climber Matt Fultz, 32, recently spent seven days in Squamish where he climbed a dozen hard problems. Earlier this year, he made the second… Read More »12 Hard Squamish Boulders with Matt Fultz

On September 28, Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Croatia’s first 5.15b (9b). Located in the limestone Vranjača cave, Ondra originally bolted the line… Read More »Adam Ondra Makes First Ascent of Croatia’s Hardest Route

French climber Sébastien Bouin has repeated Lapsus at Andonno, in northeast Italy. Lapsus became the first route graded 5.15b in Italy when Stefano Ghisolfi made… Read More »Sébastien Bouin Climbs Lapsus 5.15 in Italy

Thriller is a new 10-pitch 585-metre 5.8+ on Mount Indefatigable in Kananaskis Country next to the classic 10-pitch route Joy. The fully bolted climb was… Read More »Thriller is New Bolted 10-Pitch 5.8+ in Rockies