In the early days of rock climbing, athletes had a simple ... and prepare to be overwhelmed by shelves of cutting-edge climbing shoes and marketing gibberish. That’s how I felt the first time ...

Audry Morrison (BSc, UIAA Medcom) takes a look at the culture of tight climbing shoes. Just how tight is too tight - and are we creating problems for the future? Buying a new pair of rock climbing ...

If you’re just getting into rock climbing, it can be tempting to buy the coolest, flashiest gear, but finding the best ...

The SCARPA Instinct VSR brings a softer, more supple model to the brand's wildly successful Instinct line of high-performance ...

Rock climbing can be performed at both indoor ... Although it requires limited equipment, participants will usually wear climbing shoes, chalk their hands and cover the floor with padded mats.

The best number of active climbers in the United States is about 300 000 (Editor, Rock and Ice Climbing Magazine, personal communication). This is based on the dollars spent annually in the climbing ...