Belaying The Eighth Day can be tricky; once at the crux it is impossible to have eyes on your climber lest you stand 15 feet away from the wall. “It's helpful to be able to see the leader, since the ...

Weekend Whipper’s don’t always have to be horrifying. In fact, we like them better when they’re not. That’s why Bennett Stone’s submission this week leaves us with a smile on our face, and inspires us ...

How do you belay “correctly” on a big free route? That’s the question that Nina Caprez, an ace big-wall free climber from Switzerland, recently posed to her social following. Do you become gripped ...

Readers, please send your Weekend Whipper videos, information, and any lessons learned to Anthony Walsh, [email protected]. The crux of last week's Weekend Whipper (from a safety perspective) was ...

Readers, please send your Weekend Whipper videos, information, and any lessons learned to Anthony Walsh, [email protected]. This week's whipper comes to you from Queensland, Australia, on a "spicy ...

“The trick … is cleaning without getting cleaned yourself.” I listened to these words from the Canadian ice maestro, Will Gadd, earlier this week as he hooked his way up a rarely formed WI 6, ...