WHEN: Monday through Friday, Noon to 10 p.m., Saturday, Noon to 8 p.m., Sunday, Noon to 6 p.m. Randall Chapman, 38, fell in love with climbing 14 years ago after taking a class at a college in ...

If you’re not already frequenting your local climbing gym and bragging about how you can send a 5.10, it’s only a matter of time. Climbing has seen a major surge in popularity with the emergence of ...

Don’t worry about buying the perfect setup for your first trip to the crag. You’ll be best served by partnering with a mentor who can teach you about the gear that works best on your local wall.

Kelty Godby says people will often tell him they're afraid of heights and could never go rock climbing. His go-to response? "All climbers are afraid of heights; that's why we're alive." Godby is the ...

I’m channeling my inner gecko as I inch my way up a limestone wall at Reimers Ranch Park. Geckos, though, have naturally sticky feet. Mine are just stuffed into extra-tight climbing shoes with gummy ...

The California desert town's got more going for it than sunsets. It's a perfect place for newbie rock climbers to practice, which one writer learned her first time scaling its stone faces. I’m about ...

Every subculture comes with its own vocabulary, and for rock climbers, “crag” is as much a part of the rock climbing dictionary as “beef jerky” is. Every subculture comes with its own vocabulary, and ...