Denver! The Outside Days lineup is stacked. Live music, climbing, Camp Jeep rides, a live podcast taping with Alex Honnold, adventure films, and more are all coming to Auraria Campus this weekend, May 29–31. Get your tickets! We will see you there! outsidedays.frontgatetickets.com?link_source=...

Katie Lamb has made the first ascent of ‘130 BPM’ (V15) in Yosemite. The problem is her first time proposing the V15 grade, and stands among the hardest boulders ever established by a woman. ✍️ @opops13 📸 @ericbissell & @deelimvere

At seaside crags, replacing bad bolts isn’t as simple as swapping out the hardware. After several high-profile failures, climbers traveling to coastal areas are facing the confusing question: What do you need to know before tying in? ✍️ @ryleigh.norgrove 📸 @evanwisheropp

Denver! The Outside Days lineup is stacked. Live music, climbing, Camp Jeep rides, a live podcast taping with Alex Honnold, adventure films, and more are all coming to Auraria Campus this weekend, May 29–31. Get your tickets! We will see you there! outsidedays.frontgatetickets.com?link_source=...

Blind climber Jesse Dufton has sent his hardest trad route yet. Dufton climbed ‘Bat Out of Hell’ in the U.K.’s Peak District, an E5 6a gritstone route that roughly equates to 5.11+/5.12-. ✍️ @opops13 📸 Alastair Lee / Brit Rock Films

Franco Cookson has made the first ascent of ‘But Nothing is Lost’ in northern Scotland, proposing E12. ✍️ @tonysgotacamera 📸 @ali.r.lee

Slab expectations vs. reality 😅 📸 courtesy of @pablo.escalar

Want to see what it’s like to live and climb in Yosemite today? Join Climbing Magazine’s associate editor Sam MacIlwaine this spring as she navigates dirtbag life, connects with climbing legends, and tries out Yosemite’s most inspiring routes.

Ice climbing whipper rips two screws! In this Weekend Whipper, Finnish climber Aku Aspila takes a massive fall high on the second pitch of ‘Sodoma’ (WI5) in Italy’s Valle d’Aosta. ✍️ @tonysgotacamera 📸 @aku_aspila

Freeing El Cap is hard. Finding legal parking in Yosemite on a Saturday might be harder. ✍️📸 @adventuresam

Climbing’s Summer 2026 Photo Contest is live! Submissions close June 30 at 11:59 p.m. MT. Winners receive a cash prize, a one-year Outside Digital subscription, and publication on .

Calling something “the best 5.6 in America” is asking for an argument. But ‘East Ridge’ on Wolf’s Head has a pretty good case: 1,000 feet of fun movement, real exposure, and technical traverses in a stunning setting. ✍️ @jakesternskis 📸 @m.tangeman & @jakesternskis

Beautiful soloing by Aleksandra Taistra (@aleksandrataistra ), climbing Monte Odeu , La Nuostra Svizzera (6b+,6b,6c,6a,6a+,6a+,6b+,6a+) 📸 @aleksandrataistra @adam_radecki_sailing

No pads? No problem. Gavin Albright styles 'Majestic' (V6), one of the most classic boulders in Squamish, British Columbia. 📸 @cliffclimber480

Beta is going to start sounding more like Tony Hawk tricks here pretty soon. Who's going to be the first to do a 1080 on the wall 🤔😂 📸 courtesy of @boardsandblocs . Crazy strong 💪

Behind the scenes of Chris Deuto and Erik Andersen’s Yosemite Triple Crown last weekend. 📸 @dantbaum @katiekelble

Sleeping in the back of your car builds character. But everyone now and then, we all need a shower. Did we miss your favorite hostel? Let us know below 👇 📸 @thehostelcaliforniabishop @refugiolaroca @chillouttonsaibeach

Have you encountered ram’s horns before? Route developer Evan Wisheropp believes they may be the most widely misunderstood fixed anchor out there. ✍️📸 @evanwisheropp

On May 9, 22-year-old Chris Deuto and partner Erik Andersen linked Yosemite’s three biggest formations (Mount Watkins, Half Dome, and El Cap) in 22 hours 16 minutes. ✍️ @samrglass 📸 @dantbaum

Never complaining about carrying two pads ever again.... 📸 @crag_caddy_adventures

oof... 📸 @arantzafergu

Aid Whipper! Last week on El Cap, climber Max Rausch was standing in his ladder on ‘Virginia’ (5.8 A3), when the flake he was hooking suddenly ripped from the wall. 📸 @maxxeroni

Who would be your first pick for a fantasy climbing team? ✍️ @suzie.e.hodges 📸 @emil_abrahamsson_ @calebtimmermanphoto

On April 13, Will Stanhope fell while leading ‘Rutabaga’ (5.11a) on the Stawamus Chief in Squamish. Ten days later, the Canadian climber died from a severe head injury. ✍️@opops13 📸 @browniephoto & @marinaleon_s

Is the viral shoe rubber actually aid? Ratom’s GP Rubber, made from retired racing slicks, has been blowing up online for making climbing shoes stick to holds, windows, and each other. ✍️📸 @nathanielscharping

After 22 years behind ‘No Climbing’ signs, two closed Red River Gorge crags are officially re-opening. ✍️ @silverismaya 📸 @wilkinsonvisual

Whats the biggest whip you've ever taken on your project? 📸 @jamesdhorstman

Satisfyingly smooth whip from @jay.ascending 📸 @jay.ascending

We’ve all heard that you can be both girly and strong—but do we really feel free to climb that way? Sam MacIlwaine answers the question by reflecting on memorable experiences that defined her relationship with femininity in climbing. ✍️ @adventuresam 📸 @tradprincess @onechicktravels

Two days ago, Utah police arrested Matthew Maddison, the USA Speed Climbing team manager, on 10 counts of sexual exploitation of minors. He is being held without bail in Summit County Jail, near Salt Lake City, as he awaits trial. ✍️@adventuresam

Who knew shoulders could bend like that... @front_wheel_climb doing the FA of Humanized Slingshot V12, with some insane beta from @becketthsin. 📸 @front_wheel_climb

We tested a dozen new shoes—not to mention the dozens of others we’ve tested over the years—on a combined 37,400 vertical feet, from Illinois to Spain. Did your favorite shoes make the list? Let us know what you’re climbing in 👇

Liz Robbins was there for some of Yosemite’s most formative moments, though much of her influence wasn’t widely recognized at the time. ✍️ @silverismaya 📸 @royal_robbins & Glen Denny

The mythical slab campus. Everyone has seen no-hands slab climbing, but now we have no-feet slab. @slab_justice_warrior bringing slab climbing back in style "more people should climb more slabs." 📸 @slab_justice_warrior

Which Hollywood movies do you think have the best (or worst) portrayals of climbing? ✍️ @bethrodden 📸Kane Skennar / Netflix

A 15-year-old climber, Noah Wiley, died earlier this month in a fall at a crag in Lake Tahoe. Friends and family remember a deeply passionate young climber who had only just begun to find his path. ✍️ @opops13 📸 Josh Maldonado & Miles Blakesley

On the night of April 12, three shirtless climbers were rescued from one of Colorado’s most famous routes, ‘The Naked Edge’ (5.11b) in Eldorado Canyon. ✍️ @adventuresam 🎥 @boulderrescue

Happy Earth Day 🌍 To celebrate, we’re sharing a global photo essay from Massimo Cappuccio, who has spent decades documenting climbing across the world. ✍️ 📸 @massimocappuccio.photo

Is ‘The Dark Wizard’ just another ‘Free Solo,’ or something fundamentally different? ✍️ @adventuresam 📸 @pictures_of_fidelman via HBO

After Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Everest, passed away on April 7, Melissa Arnot Reid wrote a letter to him as her friend and mentor. ✍️ @melissaarnot 📸 Courtesy Whittaker Family Photo Collection

That ending position is true partnership. 📸 courtesy of @boulderingollie

Farley Ledges, a major Massachusetts climbing area with hundreds of routes and boulder problems, is now inaccessible after a private landowner revoked access to the approach trail that runs through their property. ✍️@silverismaya 📸 Jackson Chen / WMCC

Slab crux way off the deck 😬 @amydoo executing the high-off-the-deck crux slab on Transporter Room 5.12c X. 📸 @amydoo

Lee Shaffer ( @ampvlee ) climbing strong 💪 📸 courtesy of @ampvlee

John “Verm” Sherman, the climber behind the V-grade scale, set out to revisit one of the most iconic boulders: ‘Midnight Lightning’ (V8). ✍️@silverismaya 📸 @dawnkishphoto

We asked the directors of HBO’s ‘The Dark Wizard’ how they think Dean Potter would react to their piercing portrayal of his life. bit.ly/4vwh0ke

After his son Balin passed away in a climbing accident, endless “What if …” questions tortured David Moudy-Miller. Now, he shares the questions and ruminations echoing in his mind. ✍️ 📸 courtesy of David Moudy-Miller

Breaking the first rule of alpine climbing: don’t fall 😬 In this Weekend Whipper, Nicolas Hojac (@nicolashojac) sustained multiple injuries in his foot when he fell off a new route in Switzerland. ✍️ @tonysgotacamera 📸 @nicolashojac

Behind the rumors of poisoned climbers is a far more substantiated story, one involving serious allegations against 32 people in Nepal’s lucrative tourism industry. ✍️ @adventuresam 📸 Didier Marti via Getty Images

When not in space, Christina Koch trains for spacewalks and follows her passion around the crags and frozen waterfalls of our planet. ✍️ @silverismaya 📸 @nasa