Rebecca Weber, a participant in the Women's Rockreation Club, scales a rock wall at The Quarry. The club was started to give female climbers a safe space to climb. (Jackie Durfey) The Women’s ...

Between the sounds of crunching dirt and the clinking of carabiners, words of encouragement and laughter filled the air at McDowell Mountain last month. “Everyone is so supportive and wonderful, and ...

Ms. DiGiulian is a professional climber. Women’s climbing is having an incredible moment. Built on the shoulders of 30-plus years of accomplishments, women are making ever more first ascents and ...

This year’s North Face Climb Festival, the first held in New York, delivered on its promise of an adrenaline-bound community. With a 55-foot climbing wall anchored into the pier waters, onlookers ...

Which women’s rock climbing shoes are best? One of the most important pieces of equipment in rocking climbing is your shoes. Whether you’re practicing at a gym or scaling the mountainside in nature, ...

The fourth climbing World Cup competition of the 2025 season concluded over the weekend after two thrilling days of climbing in Curitiba, Brazil. Round four was the second bouldering event of the year ...

Looking up at the granite wall before me, I feel a mix of nerves and excitement as I tie my harness to the rope. Here, in the rugged wadis – an Arabic word for a deep valley carved into the mountain – ...

ZANJAN, Iran (AP) In the mountains of northwestern Iran, Farnaz Esmaeilzadeh clings to a sheer rock face, ignoring the dizzying height and icy wind as she searches for the next handhold. The ...

It's no wonder many of the planet's greatest rock climbers are American. This vast nation contains more than its fair share of world-class climbing venues, from the big walls of Yosemite Valley and ...