Lynchburg’s only public rock climbing gym, Rise Up Climbing, is celebrating its 16th anniversary this month and co-owner JB ...
Rock climbing has increased in popularity as both a recreational physical activity and a competitive sport. Climbing is physiologically unique in requiring sustained and intermittent isometric forearm ...
And you thought a highball was a kind of cocktail... Photo: Don Sargeant This is a broad term that covers a few different bases. Put simply, rock climbing with ropes can be done indoors or outdoors ...
“Use the skills and strength you build in the gym, and find a way to try rock climbing outside,” says Burgart. “Outdoor rock climbing is the holy grail, combining movement, self ...
HBO Max is releasing an intense rock climbing competition series called ... Continue to learn every day." Courtesy Image For those old crag hounds that haven't been on a wall or boulder in ...
The weather can have a major effect on the climb. At times, the rock can get so hot that it's dangerous to free climb with just your bare hands. Plus, the heat reduces the friction, making it ...
If you cannot demonstrate these skills without prompting, then a climbing clinic is for you. Climbing shoes, harnesses, helmets, and belay devices Harnesses, helmets, rock shoes and belay devices are ...
DiGiulian, the first North American woman to climb the “grade 9a, 5.14d”, recognized as one of the hardest sport climbs ...
For the latter, many have turned to 3D printers to create more rock-like climbing grips but plastic doesn’t tend to behave the same as rock unless you do what [Giles Barton-Owen] did and ...
read more ages 6-16 The Rock Club offers weekly indoor and outdoor rock-climbing camps and classes, promoting strength, ...
This summer Sébastien Berthe from Belgium and Hugo Parmentier from France attempted to climb 5 major multi-pitches in the Verdon Gorge in a day. The pair report about those grueling 24 hours climbing ...
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 ...