To climb rocks: Use your feet. Despite what you may have seen in Cliffhanger, or depictions of climbing in energy…
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Nowadays, every time you’re at the climbing gym, people are coming up to you and asking, “So, are you climbing…
You think that last pitch was tough? Do you know about the first ascent of this climb? Well, you’re in…
On June 6, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold broke the speed record for climbing The Nose of El Capitan, a…
Hey, I was wondering if you might want to go climbing this weekend? I think it’ll be really fun—if you’re…
Want to climb the Seven Summits? Sure you do. Want to pony up $157,000 (not including flights)? If the answer…
Every once in a while at a book signing or during an interview, someone asks me: What’s your favorite piece…
Last Saturday night, I was running one of my favorite trails in the dark. I had gotten a late start,…
It’s coming: The holiday gatherings with your extended family members who don’t exactly share the same views as you when…
Here’s something that didn’t happen: Tommy Caldwell, in the days following the first ascent of the Dawn Wall, being interviewed…
Because we all deserve a little recognition for doing things well out there. —Brendan
I Want To Give You Beta You: A decent climber. Me: An expert on every route in this gym, even…
Every year, the American Alpine Club publishes Accidents in North American Mountaineering, a compilation of notable climbing accident reports from…
Perhaps you have read about Alex Honnold’s groundbreaking ropeless climb of El Capitan on June 3. Here are a few…
Near the top of the Palmer Snowfield on Mt. Hood, the two mountaineers had been skinning uphill for about 2,600…
Dear New Guy At The Climbing Gym, or lady running around the track at the park for the first time,…
Today, I get to share something that some wonderful people and I have been working on for almost two years:…
I was sitting at the counter of Higher Ground in Salt Lake City back in 2012, tapping away on my…
Hey, it’s Everest season again. In case you aren’t yet properly psyched for mountain climbing coverage, here are some more…
I’m overjoyed to share this film, and the guy in it, with everyone this week. Three friends—Forest Woodward, Fitz Cahall,…
I padded down the talus in the moonlight, my headlamp switched off, in front of my girlfriend. I was just…
Normally I use this space to talk about not buying a bunch of shiny new gear, to sarcastically review entire…
We all have that friend who may need a little encouraging to do something they’re a little apprehensive about. Or…
Frank led up the first pitch of El Matador as I fed out rope, the west face of Devils Tower…
A week ago, two guys finished climbing an astronomically difficult 3,000-foot route on El Capitan as the world kept up via…
El Capitan is famous for being the largest granite monolith in the world, which men and women have flung themselves…
Not to be an alarmist or anything, but at the current rate of miniaturization, by approximately 2035, climbing will be…
Hans Florine has climbed The Nose on El Cap damn near 100 times, and in 2012 set the speed record…
Dear helmets: You guys are my favorite hats. Sure, other headwear may be more stylish, more “cool,” easier to put…
(Chris Sharma photo by Klaus Fengler/klausfengler.de) Ladies: Have you enjoyed Ryan Gosling’s “Hey Girl” meme, but wish there were something…
Do you ever say “yes” to a bike ride, day of climbing, run, ski day, or other outdoor activity, and…
Chad Kellogg died in Patagonia on Valentine’s Day this year, at 42 years old. I didn’t know him very well,…
I was in the audience during a presentation at the Green Mountain College Adventure Education Colloquium last week, when the…
Herb and Jan Conn developed almost all of the early climbing in South Dakota’s Needles with a 60-foot rope, almost…
I got an email from Statigram the other day offering to collect my “best Instagram moments of 2013.” I thought…
It is a fact that if you are reading this, there is a 75 percent chance you have touched at…
When you’re buying a rain jacket, you probably have lots of questions, none of which really matter besides “Which rain…
I sat under Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, 60 minutes from Moab and 20 miles as the crow flies,…
I rolled down the packed trail, standing in the pedals, watching the 30 or so feet ahead of me illuminated…
My dad mentioned to me the other day that this was the first year he’d ever used up his entire…
As a joke, I got my photo taken next to the Icebox Canyon trailhead sign: “Each year people are killed…
I sat down exhausted last Tuesday night next to my friends Chris and Forest in front of a granite shelter…
My dad told me the other day he’d won a three-day Harley rental at a raffle. I said Dad, I…
Are you going hiking this weekend? Planning a climb of Mount Hood, Shasta, Rainier? There are two things you should…
Everyone poops. What to do with it in the out-of-doors can sometimes be confusing. Thanks to this hastily-scrawled, handy flow…
Have you heard of Mount Everest? Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, so it is also the best…
“Bushwhacking is like my third favorite thing to do in the outdoors, behind crotch-deep postholing and getting hit in the…
You love snowboarding. Or climbing. Or mountain biking. You’ve been doing it for so long, you can’t remember what your…
This past Tuesday, a film called “35” went up on Vimeo — it’s 5 minutes and 17 seconds, including a…