Reinforcement and filing versus chipping and drilling. Scaling away hundreds of pounds of surface choss versus excavating a few ounces of stone to make a climb "go." Manufacturing one hold to make a ...

Liz George was at her local gym in Michigan in June when she saw something deeply off-putting. One of the holds on a top-rope route she was climbing was shaped like the Laughing Buddha (a monk who ...

When you can’t climb actual rocks all the time, what do you do to train and keep sharp? You go to a rock-climbing gym, naturally. But what do you do when it’s 2020 and your rock-climbing gym has ...