Search routes, guides, and gear
Designed by climbers and search experts
4RockClimbing is a specialized search engine for rock climbers. It merges climbing-specific indexes, curated sources, and AI tools to help users find routes, gear, local guides, training resources, and news more efficiently than general search engines. Use filters for discipline, grade, location, and gear to get focused results. Part of the 4SEARCH network of topic specific search engines.
Latest News & Web Pages
Crux by Gabriel Tallent review – a passionate portrait of teenage climbers
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (1148+ words) The follow-up to My Absolute Darling, this tale of best friends who dream of a better life features exquisite sports writing and a lovable heroine " but the plotting is unconvincingTamma and Dan are 17-year-old best friends growing up in a…...
Without a Safety Net: Free Climbing and Mortal Sin
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (833+ words) A lesson from Alex Honnold and the spiritual life. Recently, world-renowned climber Alex Honnold made headlines again by free-climbing Taipei 101, one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world. For most people, even looking up at such a structure causes vertigo....
All skill levels welcome at Campus Recreation's Black Light Climb
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (427+ words) Join'Illinois State University Campus Recreation for a Black Light Climb. Illinois State University Campus Recreation is hosting a Black Light Climb for students. Campus Recreation Program Coordinator Alex Perronne said this is a climbing event for people of all skill…...
Tommy Caldwell and Siebe Vanhee Take on a Patagonia Big Wall Challenge
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (501+ words) Tommy Caldwell and Siebe Vanhee Take on a Patagonia Big Wall Challenge'Gripped Magazine Two of the world's best big-wall free climbers are in Patagonia, hoping to accomplish a mighty goal: climbing the South African Route on the Central Tower of…...
The thrill of climbing from the comfort of your couch
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (665+ words) The creative director of Cairn wants players to feel all the tension of climbing while their character clings to a granite-gray mountain face. Toes clench over a slither of rock as hands clasp a protruding crag. Each limb trembles. Listen…...
Cairn: How to Climb
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (320+ words) Cairn features a realistic, simulation-style climbing system, so you need to keep an eye on hand and foot placement, balance, and how far Aava can safely reach. To climb in Cairn, simply approach a rock face and press X on…...
Highest Hiking (Triple Crown)
4+ day, 45+ min ago (1893+ words) Some people say the only way you really train for a thru-hike is you get out there and do it," hiker, Slow Burn. Late in the summer of 2025, Santa Cruz County's native son, Jared Perry, had accomplished something only 700 people…...
Japanese photographer 'obsessed with mountains': Word from the Smokies
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (254+ words) Appreciation of mountaineering itself was born among a small elite of Japanese youth," wrote Yasuji Yamazaki in the British'Alpine Journal v. 71 (1966).'Masa was one of them. In 1905, at the age of 20, he joined the Japanese Alpine Club. Masa had first tried…...
Urban Free Solo: How Alex Honnold's Taipei 101 Climb Highlights Innovations in High-Rise Construction
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (1238+ words) When Alex Honnold stepped onto the fa'ade of Taipei 101 on January 25, 2026, millions watched live on Netflix as the legendary free soloist began his most ambitious urban climb yet. The same climber who conquered El Capitan's sheer granite face was now…...
Rock climbing game Cairn lands big review scores
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (195+ words) Rock climbing game Cairn lands big review scores'ESPN The gameplay of new indie game Cairn may entail conquering a mountain that's claimed many lives, but the game itself is happy with winning hearts and minds. In Cairn, you make your…...