The crux is the basis for climbing ratings and some guidebooks will provide further emphasis on difficulty by adding a + or - to the rating. The + suggests that a route has the same difficulty ...

Climbing Katahdin can be dangerous. Take these steps to stay safe. There are no easy trails to the top of Katahdin, so if you want to take in its majestic views, you need to take precautions.

A crux is a climbing term for the hardest move or section on any given climbing route. It may be the part of the climb that involves the most technical difficulty, or it could be the most exposed ...

Rock climbing is surging in popularity, thanks to its physical, mental and social benefits ...

The Latest Mount Everest Drone Video Shows the North Side Route The four-minute uninterrupted video shows the ascent of the world’s highest peak from China ...

Two 19-year-old hikers from North Carolina spent the night trapped at 13,000 feet on one of Colorado’s most challenging mountains, officials said. Mountain Rescue Aspen on Facebook ...

Swiss mountaineer Jean Troillet and the Frenchmen Martial Dumas and Jean-Yves Fredriksen have made the first ascent of "Sébastien Gay" (600m ABO), a new difficult route up the North Face of the ...

How Alex Honnold made ‘the ultimate climb’—without a rope His stunning scramble up the 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan, in less than 4 hours, came after meticulous planning and ...