A Lesson Learned The Hard Way: Lowered Off The Wrong Side of The Mountain
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Murderball: Two Longtime Friends Face Rockfall and Sudden Injury
Squinting across and up the gully I saw a backlit brown disk, spinning, the size of a couch pillow, heading straight toward me.
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Journey To Sicily, A Sport Climber’s Paradise
A third-generation American, the author journeys back to Sicily to find his roots—and a whole lot of awesome routes.
Quincy Quarries: The Rise, Fall, and (Possible) Rebirth of an Urban Crag
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Seizures and Autism: How Climbing Helped Heal a Family
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Love On The Road: Discovering The Magic Of Climbing
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16 Months, 5 Surgeries, And 1 Immense Tragedy Later, Sasha DiGiulian Is Back
Sasha DiGiulian spent most of 2020 convalescing as doctors reconstructed her hips, with the spectre of a recent tragedy in Mexico never far from her mind. Less than a year and a half after, she returned to the site of the tragedy with a rebuilt body and a new mindset.
How Words and Names Shape Climbs—and Us
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Too Old to Take Up Climbing? At 59, Alex Honnold’s Mom Went Into the Gym Alone
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Controversy in Brooklyn
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