Climbing ropes is a difficult challenge that has haunted young athletes, from middle-school PE class to military recruits, for generations. You need to develop two things to master climbing rope, ...

Introducing the Core Protect Rope, Mammut unveils a revolutionary climbing rope that epitomizes the pinnacle of safety and innovation. Featuring Mammut's patented Core Protect technology, augmented ...

Imagine yourself at a climbing wall: you head straight up, carefully grasping each handhold and foothold, a rope connecting a harness around your hips to a pulley above. The only problem: you don’t ...

I’ve never enjoyed walking into a gym. Growing up as a fat kid, I have enough traumatic memories around exercise to fill several therapy sessions. On top of the shame I had around my body, I also have ...

Rock climbing has gained popularity over the past few years, and whether you watched “Free Solo” or the Paris Olympics, you might be wondering how to start rock climbing. Getting into the sport is ...

Watching climbing at the Paris Olympics makes it seem as if it’s a sport that would be completely out of the question for a weekend athlete. The speed, strength and dexterity with which the ...

There’s not a rock climber alive who hasn’t been asked this question from a passer-by at some point. After muttering an answer, the climber will often hear a follow-up like, “You know there’s an ...

A 69-year-old Colorado man with decades of climbing experience was saved by other climbers after a 100-foot fall caused by a rope failure two weeks ago. The man fell Nov. 2 while climbing in Eldorado ...

With 23 Paralympic medals and 52 World Championship medals under her belt, it's no surprise that swimmer Jessica Long is incredibly strong. Her strength is what makes her so quick and elegant in the ...

The nubbly fitness obsession that forces you to unplug and concentrate or — AAAAH! By Kate Dwyer On a Friday evening last spring, Zack Woodruff picked up two college friends and drove seven hours down ...