What is smearing in climbing? The word smear has multiple definitions and we're certainly not going to get into all of them here. If you aren't familiar with the smearing rock climbing term, you'd ...

Covering significant amounts of terrain on long routes in Yosemite and Patagonia demands progressive tactics. The best way for a team to advance quickly and stay warm on big routes is to have both ...

Climbing techniques, single pitch lower-off analysis. What to do when you reach the abseil chain. 1. Reach the chain and make safe by clipping a quickdraw from the harness belay loop to the ring, ...

races,” with two climbers scrabbling belly-to-belly up the same route, as well as face-to-face teaching. “It’s great,” says Bernard Zylberberg, manager of a Marin County climbing club that recently ...

A boy climbs a wall at Crystal City Earth Treks in Arlington, Virginia. Climbing is one of five new sports at the 2020 Olympics. The sport tests a person’s strength, speed and agility. (El Cap Gyms) ...