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Squamish gears up for the return of the Arc’teryx Climb Academy
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (685+ words) By late August, the granite around Squamish is buzzing with the familiar rhythms of climbing season; ropes piled into dusty coils at the base of a crag, chalk lingers in the air as hands search for the next hold and…...
One Year After Her Historic V16, Katie Lamb Deconstructs the Mental Side of Bouldering
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1597+ words) Katie Lamb is one of three recipients of Climbing Magazine's 2025 Golden Piton. The award recognizes her achievement of becoming the first woman to climb a V16 problem when she climbed The Dark Side in Yosemite last April. Winners were selected by…...
Connor Herson Opens Up About Going Viral at 15 and Sending What Could Be the Planet’s Hardest Trad Climb
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1034+ words) Connor Herson is one of three recipients of Climbing Magazine's 2025 Golden Piton. The award recognizes his first free ascent of Drifter's Escape, in Squamish, British Columbia. The single-pitch crack is likely the world's first 5.15 trad climb. When Connor Herson first…...
How Squamish made $25 million off climbing (and what that means for access)
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1473+ words) Climbing access should never be taken for granted." Hundreds of boulders in Oak Flat could be lost thanks to a land transfer to a copper mining company. A popular crag in the Red River Gorge was shuttered last year. One…...
Durham Climbing Centre hosts annual Send Fest competition
2+ day, 11+ min ago (132+ words) However, don't be fooled, the qualification process was no easy feat, with a series of unusual and demanding boulders thought up by the brains at Impact Route Setting The two first-place qualifiers, Miranda Wood and Max McGowan, were untroubled by…...
App Theatre to show ‘Girl Climber’ about Emily Harrington’s ascent of El Capitan
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (423+ words) Girl Climber chronicles professional climber Emily Harrington's pursuit of a 24-hour ascent of Yosemite's El Capitan. BOONE " The High Country has long been a center of rock climbing of all kinds. One of those who came to Appalachian State University…...
Durango-based highlining team takes adventure to new heights
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (477+ words) DURANGO, Colo. (KJCT) -Sean Englund has been highlining since he was a teen, but only recently has he taken his hobby public'creating "uncharted lines." Highlining is an adrenaline-packed sport where you walk across a slackline, or "webbing", which can be…...
COLUMN: What do bouldering gyms and hospitals have in common?
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (707+ words) Many of us are familiar with the phrase "It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt." I unfortunately learned the accuracy of this sentiment last week at my local bouldering gym. I walked into Minneapolis Bouldering Project after a…...
Remembering Mike Jaworski, winter thru-hike 46er, mechanic, and tinkerer
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (543+ words) Mar 25, 2026 " A Washington County man who holds the record for an exceptional Adirondack hiking achievement has died. In 2020, Mike Jaworski and a friend thru-hiked all 46 High Peaks in the winter in just over ten days. Jaworski was 35 years old when…...
Indoor rock-climbing gym leases former Foods for Living in Okemos
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (89+ words) Indoor rock-climbing gym leases former Foods for Living in Okemos'Lansing State Journal Indoor rock-climbing gym leases former Foods for Living in Okemos MERIDIAN TWP. " A Grand Rapids rock climbing gym specializing in bouldering will open a second location in the…...