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climbing.com > videos > death-of-27-year-old-climber-exposes-danger-of-knot-migration-during-rappel

This Rappel Mistake Can Be Fatal. Why Don't More Climbers Know About It?

4+ day, 8+ min ago   (1265+ words) About our reporting: To investigate this fatal rappelling accident, reporter Natalie Berry spoke with IMFGA guide Calum Muskett, expert alpinist Colin Haley, and a close friend of the deceased. The results exposed a small yet fatal rappelling mistake that many…...

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climbing.com > culture-climbing > erratica-book-interview-excerpt

“I Am Literally a Doctor of Climbology”: Climber Turns PhD Into New Book

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (812+ words) “I think there’s a powerful need, often a subconscious one, in our current cultural moment for a more meaningful connection with the landscape,” life-long Moab-based climber and author Brian Laidlaw shared with Climbing. But his ultimate goal is to show…...

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climbing.com > culture-climbing > yosemite-weed-plane-crash-documentary

In 1976, a Plane Full of Weed Crashed Into Yosemite. Chaos Ensued.

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1563+ words) Produced by British film production company Dash Pictures, the one-and-a-half hour doc sheds ample new light on the legend through in-depth interviews with park rangers, a widow of one of the pilots, a U.S. customs agent, the former head of Yosemite…...

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climbing.com > culture-climbing > rock-and-ages-winning-photo-summer-2026-contest

These 6 Photos Capture the Joy of Climbing At Any Age, From 11 to 76

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (505+ words) The rocks we climb may be incredibly old, but the people who climb them span a remarkable breadth of ages. We’ve seen two year olds bouldering and 80-year-olds spryly sending sport climbs. In the past year alone, we’ve written about…...

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climbing.com > culture-climbing > the-winning-photos-of-the-climbing-summer-photo-contest

The Results Are In: Who Won the 2026 Climbing Summer Photo Contest?

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (207+ words) Our call to action for the Crux category? Capture climbers contemplating, pulling through, and falling off the crux. Cedar Wright famously proclaimed the dirtbag an endangered species in a 2014 Climbing essay. A former Climbing editor countered that dirtbagging isn’t dead,…...

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climbing.com > culture-climbing > crux-winning-photo-summer-2026-contest

Desperation in Every Frame: How 9 Photographers See the Climber’s “Crux”

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (435+ words) In a sense, it’s the core of our sport: the crux. It’s the hardest moves on a climb, the moment of truth, and the split-second where you launch from one timeline into the next. In our experience, the crux is…...

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climbing.com > news > 32-climbers-denied-helicopter-rescue-on-mont-blanc

Climbers Ignored Warnings to Bail From Europe's Busiest Peak. Then the Mayor Made an Example Out Of Them.

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) About our reporting: To get a clearer picture of the mass helicopter rescue refusal in the French Alps, Senior Editor Anthony Walsh spoke with a French IFMGA guide and drew upon his own experience in the alpine to analyze the…...