The Tactician: Drew Ruana
The 21-year-old climber on his next-level mega proj, the projecting process, and how to boulder at your limit.
Climbing at your limit requires much more than pure strength, or power, or even technique. It takes a process.
Climbing at your limit requires much more than pure strength, or power, or even technique. It takes a process.
Jens Larssen, founder and editor-in-chief of 8a.nu, on climbing news, record keeping, and the digitalization of climbing media.
Pete O’Donovan, author of six climbing guidebooks, delves into why he takes on such a labor of love, climbing ethics, and the future of print.
The Alps are in Lise Billon’s blood. It was only fitting, then, that she would follow in her father’s footsteps to become a mountain guide herself.
A visionary climber, Chris Sharma has cleaned, bolted, and sent more new routes than anyone can count.
Route setting is not about perfection, but a research of emotion. We always have to remember why we are setting. I don’t set just to put holds on the wall. I set to tell a story.
Climbing is often depicted as an individual pursuit—the climber versus the rock—yet, unless you’re out there naked free-soloing every day, that doesn’t tell the full story.
When you face your anti-style, or any type of climbing for that matter, success should not be measured in sends, but in becoming a better climber.
With this project there was times where the goal seemed absolutely irrelevant and the process was all that mattered.
The beauty of deep water soloing is that it’s such a free form of climbing. You’re out there exploring, and feel like a kid again, climbing up a tree. It’s very playful, spontaneous, and creative.