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Alex Honnold shares what keeps him up at night after record-breaking skyscraper climb
25+ min ago (567+ words) The 40-year-old was the first person to free solo climb Taipei 101 tower last month Alex Honnold hasn't been sleeping much since he returned from the record-breaking adventure of climbing a nearly 1,700-foot Taipei 101 tower. The American rock climber, 40, made history…...
Climbing Gyms Face Uncertain Future Despite Recent Growth
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (409+ words) By the numbers, 2025 was a year of genuine growth for indoor climbing gyms. The climb, though, got steeper. Climbing Business Journal's annual Gyms and Trends Report, drawn from a survey of 240 climbing facilities, shows that 53 new gyms opened in North…...
With new book, Colorado climber turns the page on horrific chapter
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (1691+ words) Nathan MacKinnon scores late to send Canada to Olympic gold-medal game In her hospital bed on the morning of May 8, 2017, Melissa Strong asked her husband, Adam, for a pen. She could barely grip it; her fingers hardly resembled fingers, more…...
Scaling New Heights: Bama Climbing Club
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (579+ words) Home " Scaling New Heights: Bama Climbing Club" Inside the"University of Alabama's"Robert E. Witt Student Activity Center,"the steady thud of climbing shoes against the wall mixes with laughter and shouted encouragement, echoing above the gym floor."Rising about 40 feet,…...
The People’s Climbing Crew’s Westwood group celebrates one-year anniversary
13+ hour, 53+ min ago (488+ words) A person climbs inside an indoor gym. The People's Climbing Crew's Westwood group meets at Sender One Climbing, a climbing gym in the neighborhood. (Delilah Brumer/Daily Bruin) The People's Climbing Crew's Westwood meetups seek to make climbing accessible and…...
Community rallies to save beloved climbing gym after sudden closure
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (353+ words) MEDFORD, Ore. - A beloved climbing gym in Medford has recently closed its doors, but the community is rallying to bring it back. Rogue Rock Gym, a local favorite for nearly two decades, saw an outpouring of support from its members…...
Missing Missoula man found dead after rock climbing incident
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (133+ words) RAVALLI COUNTY, Mont. " A 30-year-old man was found dead by Ravalli County deputies at the bottom of a rock face south of Hamilton." The Ravalli County Sheriff's Office reported the death with a statement from Coroner Steven Holton, explaining that…...
New climbing wall set to open in West Cumbria
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (614+ words) A new climbing wall is set to open in West Cumbria. Northern Problems, a small 200 square metre bouldering wall with 80 square metres of matting, is aiming to open its doors by mid April in Haig Enterprise Park, in Kells, Whitehaven....
'Crux' is a novel about rock climbing, but risk exists far beyond the mountain’s edge : NPR's Book of the Day
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (707+ words) Rock climbing is a great sport for thrill-seekers. In Gabriel Tallent's Crux, main characters Dan and Tamma fit the bill perfectly. At just 17 years old, they bond over the side of a mountain where one miscalculated inch of movement could…...
Poway climber Greg 'Grug' Cameron dies at 69
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (655+ words) POWAY " Long before Greg "Grug" Cameron became known for bold free solos on Yosemite National Park granite and benchmark offwidth climbs in Canada, he was a teenager from Poway learning to move over stone at Mount Woodson. Cameron, whose climbing…...