Lead climbing is one of a number of different types of climbing. This discipline of climbing can take place on rock, ice or indoor climbing walls. If you've been watching the Olympics sport climbing ...

Whether you are an avid climber or new to the rock-climbing scene, this popular activity necessitates some pretty important equipment purchases. From climbing walls in city gyms to the challenge of a ...

There are many mysteries in life, including why we end up with so many odd socks during the laundry process, why does bread toast perfectly the first time and then burn the next time – and why do ...

Alex Honnold says he needed to know if scaling the Taipei 101 was even possible before he did Netflix’s "Skyscraper Live" special, so he turned to a more traditional way of climbing to find out.

A climbing rope is one of the most important pieces of gear you can buy. It is literally your lifeline, and can also make or break your experience climbing outdoors. There are a few important factors ...

Did you know you're a great ape? Recasting that, humans are members of the same zoological family (the Hominidae, or great apes) as gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans. We all evolved from a common ...

I hate myself when I uncoil new climbing ropes. I always mess it up and it ends up an impossibly tangled heap that takes at least 30 minutes to undo. I finally watched a YouTube video the other day ...

A French climber attempted to break the world rope climbing record after scaling up to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Wednesday. Anouk Garnier scaled a free-hanging rope nearly 361 ...

Jonathan Lopez was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 2001 following the amputation of his left arm. But having one arm hasn't stopped Lopez from competing in Spartan races and even climbing a ...

FameFamed rock climber Alex Honnold masterfully ascended one of the world’s tallest skyscrapers in Taiwan’s capital without a rope. "Sick," he said, standing at the top of Taipei 101 with a panoramic ...