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Sport climbing in the wild will continue after the National Park Service announced it has dropped proposals that could have ...
Climbing outside is very different to the controlled and managed indoor environment. This guide covers what you need to know about the bolts and belays you may encounter when sport climbing outside.
I think that if I hadn't had that focus, I wouldn't have done so many routes during the formative years of Smith sport climbing. Bolts are the norm nowadays at sport crags, in the early '80's though ...
But greenpoint? Ay yes, it's the term used to define climbing a sport route without the bolts but using trad gear such as nuts and camming devices! What might at first glance seem somewhat contorted ...
After making its debut at the Tokyo Games, sport climbing returns at Paris 2024 for its second Olympic appearance. With two medal events taking place instead of just one, even more athletes will ...
From electrifying (and record-setting, more on that below) duels on the speed wall, to bouldering masterclasses, to nail-biting suspense on the lead wall, sport climbing checked all the boxes for a ...
Slovenia's Janja Garnbret defended her Olympic title in sport climbing, edging out American Brooke Raboutou on her final climb of the day for the gold medal. American Sam Watson broke the world ...
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 ...