Bears Reach at Lover’s Leap is one of the most famous beginner trad climbs in California. With beautiful granite cracks, huge exposure, and several classic pitches, the route has introduced ...

To the untrained eye, climbing shoes — tight, tapered footwear that my former partner called “goofy-looking elf shoes” when I ...

The first time I ever climbed with Mary Eden, outside of taking her offwidth camp, was on a Sunday morning in May. I woke up in my 4Runner a few miles outside Indian Creek, Utah, not knowing if she'd ...

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 ...