Beyond-Sight: Sho Aita
Blind Japanese Climber Sho Aita Onsights Jack and the Beanstalk (5.10c) Crack Climb
Watch the blind climber Sho Aita onsight Jack and the Beanstalk (5.10c), a crack climb at Ogawayama, Japan.
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Q&A: Alex Megos on the World’s First 9a Onsight
Ten years after making the world’s first 9a onsight, Alex Megos reflects on the event that changed his life and shaped his climbing career
Ten years after making the world’s first 9a onsight, Alex Megos reflects on the event that changed his life and shaped his climbing career.
Tom Bolger: The Art of Projecting – Goals
Tenaya athlete Tom Bolger explains his 10-step goal-setting system to help you crush your climbing project!
Tenaya athlete Tom Bolger explains his 10-step goal-setting system to help you crush your climbing project!
An Eye on the Fish | Svana Bjarnason
Despite injury after injury, Svana Bjarnason manages to persevere and send her multi-year project Fish Eye (8c/5.14b) at Oliana, Spain.
I doubted myself a hundred times these past years—my goals, my life choices, my decisions. But deep down I never stopped believing in Fish Eye.
The Climbing Coach: Dicki Korb, with Alex Megos
Alex Megos and his long-time coach Dicki Korb on Mego’s evolution as a climber and how he optimizes his training.
Alex Megos might be the first person in the world to onsight 9a (5.14d), but the 27-year-old climber came on to the scene gradually. From his early days of climbing with socks in rock shoes, …
The App Developer: Cody Roth & Vertical-Life
As COVID keeps the climbing community apart, digital services step in to fill the void.
Climbing knows no boundaries. It’s a universal language that supersedes all prejudices, politics, and differences. Wherever you travel in the world, you can always find your tribe and be welcome. This year, however, COVID has …
The Filmmaker: Ken Etzel
Peek behind the scenes—ahem, send—and learn what it takes to be a climbing photographer and filmmaker.
When climbing and photography cozy up together on a portaledge, you can expect a bundle of inspiration to be born.
The Rocktrotter: Klemen Bečan
How the dedicated Slovenian climber makes the vagabond lifestyle work and the lessons he’s learned from the road.
After three decades of climbing and living on the road, the 38-year-old says he wouldn’t change a thing—except maybe for a slightly bigger van.
The Advocate: Chris Winter and the Access Fund
The executive director of the Access Fund on responsible climbing, conservation, and how we, as individuals, can be better stewards to our crags.
COVID-19 is crushing our climbing areas. With gyms closed or operating at limited capacities, many new climbers are venturing outside for the first time—which is amazing to see—but the record numbers are taking a toll …
The Climbing Doctor: Jared Vagy
Live interview with Dr. Jared Vagy and Felipe Camargo on common climbing injuries and how to prevent them.
As climbers, we tend to be stubborn and embrace suffering. But nothing will stop your forward momentum quite like a climbing injury.