Owen Clarke

We all have gear we rarely (or never) use. Donating or selling our used gear is a great way to lower climbing’s financial barriers to entry.

Janja Garnbret isn’t the only strong Slovenian taking the stage in Tokyo

YuFei Pan and YiLing Song are the sole Chinese climbers in Tokyo. Both are quite young, and both are on the rise.

The 25-year-old boulderer is relatively lesser-known than many of his fellow Olympic climbers, but he remains a stout all-arounder.

The Russian Olympian holds the Women’s Speed World Record at 6.964 seconds.

The French lead climber and Olympic competitor became the third woman in the world to climb 9b (5.15b) in November 2020. 

By all accounts, climbers do a good job of watching out for each other in the backcountry. Online, however, it’s a different story. What is it about the digital platform that makes us all quick to jab at each other?

The French Speed specialist Anouck Jaubert tied the IFSC Speed World Cup record in 2018 and is one of the few Speed climbers heading to Tokyo.

The young lead climber took the international scene by storm with a triple gold in the European Continental Championships last year.

Ondra, Nonaka, Pilz… a surprising number of Olympic climbers have come down with injuries with mere weeks until the Olympic Games.

The veteran Japanese boulderer is also a standout speed climber, with one of the fastest speed times out of all Olympic competitors.

This weekend’s competition saw a diverse group of climbers come to compete, spanning a wide range of paraclimbing categories.