Sticky rubber climbing shoes offered an added boost. Gardner points out that an unanticipated benefit of the sport has been the movement of climbers into his community. They come to visit and then ...

American sport climber Nathaniel Coleman ascended into Olympic history Thursday, capturing a stunning silver medal in sport climbing's first appearance at the Olympic Games. Coleman delivered his best ...

For the same reason, when you reach the belay anchor, make sure you tie-in to both anchors, not just one! - If your climbing partner does not intend to lead the route, do the rope maneuver before ...

Sport climbing consists of three separate disciplines: speed, bouldering and lead. At the last Olympics, one single combined event was held that incorporated all three disciplines. For the 2024 ...

Correspondence to Kaikanani Y Woollings, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta Canada T2N 1N4; n.woollings{at}ucalgary.ca Background ...

It's clear seven minutes don't suffice to cover all ice climbing techniques and safety aspects. Having said that, this is an interesting video tutorial by Petzl that analyses the key technical ...