Whether you are an avid climber or new to the rock-climbing scene, this popular activity necessitates some pretty important equipment purchases. From climbing walls in city gyms to the challenge ...

Our mountaineering expert ponders the point when scrambling ends and climbing begins, taking a look at grades and viewpoints ...

Whether you are an avid climber or new to the rock-climbing scene, this popular activity necessitates some pretty important equipment purchases. From climbing walls in city gyms to the challenge ...

McCrary, a 20-year-rock-climbing veteran, designed the course to appeal to newbies. Novices who confidently scale a couple of gentle 5.3 routes on the slab can graduate to a more vertical 5.6.

Lead climbing is one of a number of different types of climbing. This discipline of climbing can take place on rock, ice or indoor climbing walls. If you've been watching the Olympics sport ...

To find out how to start rock climbing, we interviewed mountain guides, coaches and professional climbers for all their tips and tricks. Here’s everything you need.

This technique of rock climbing refers to the shape of the rope as it is placed through your feet. In a J-Hook, the rope flows alongside your leg on the outside of the foot and under the right foot.

The prime rock climbing area in the Hudson Valley is the Shawangunk Mountains, a ridge of bedrock in Ulster County. “People travel from all over to climb those mountains,” Waldron said.

Tree climbers use "static" ropes, which lack the stretchiness of "dynamic" ropes used to arrest falls in rock climbing. This Yale Poison Ivy rope is 11.7 mm in diameter and has a rated tensile ...

Lead climbing is one of a number of different types of climbing. This discipline of climbing can take place on rock, ice or indoor climbing walls. If you've been watching the Olympics sport ...