David Smart and I have a tradition, a relatively new one, but one that will likely continue for many more summers. Smart, the editorial director of Gripped, flies to the Canadian Rockies for a few weeks every summer with his wife Katrina to establish new rock climbs....

Evan Hau made the second ascent of Sacrifice 5.15a earlier this summer and has followed up the big send with the first ascent of Bow Valley Challenge. Hau is no stranger to 5.14d lines, as he’s climbed at least five now including Life of Villains, Honour and Glory,...

Back of the Lake has some of Canada’s most classic rock climbs that follow slopers and splitters up smooth quartzite. Routes like Wicked Gravity 5.11 and The Path 5.14 are must-climbs for climbers who can send the grades. The crag, which is found at the back of Lake...

Watch as Will Stanhope free-solo High Plains Drifter 5.11c on The Chief in Squamish and explain his motivation for going without a rope. The top Canadian alpine/trad climber will be giving a clinic with Sonnie Trotter in mid-September that you should check out if...

Gervasutti 1992 “Barry, Barry!” Anne Smith elbowed me. We were in the Cosmiques Hut, high above Chamonix, sharing a sleeping platform with 20 other climbers. “Can you switch places with me? The guy next to me just tried to put his arm around me.” “Really?” I asked,...

Scientists have found that high-resolution images of whales from space is a feasible way to estimate their populations. A team, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), compared satellite images to … The post Monitoring whales from space appeared first on British...

Today, the American Alpine Club joined forces with Winter Wildlands Alliance and 20 other conservation and environmental justice organizations to sue the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and stop its evisceration of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). ...

The next book we'll be discussing at the Climbing Book Club Facebook group is Peak Nutrition: Smart Fuel for Outdoor Adventure, by Mercedes Pollmeier and Maria Hines. Climbing partners Maria Hines, a James Beard–awardwinning chef, and Mercedes Pollmeier, an...

It’s no secret that Mongolia is one of my favorite places on the planet. I had the opportunity to explore that country on horseback a few years ago and loved every minute of it. It is defintielyone of the places that I would most like to go back to again in the...

Evolv, the southern California modern climbing company rooted in progression and creative self-expression, today announced that it has donated $50,000 to five different DEI organizations focused on diversity in climbing after the wildly successful recent presale of...