Training for winter climbing has followed the same trajectory as training for rock in the sense that it has now become a highly specialised game. The approach for competitions is different to the ...

Fifty feet above the ground, clinging to a sheer wall of gabbro 80 feet high, Duluth’s Adam Dailey begins to disappear. He’s doing a training climb on mixed rock and ice at Casket Quarry, a popular ...

Climbing training is at a crossroads. Unprecedented access to thousands of square feet of indoor terrain means climbers are stronger than ever--weather, temps, and daylight are no longer factors.

Durango will be host to the nation’s first International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation youth mixed climbing competition this holiday season. The two-day event will take place Dec. 30-31 at ...

Before two weeks ago, Sasha DiGiulian had never handled an ice axe. But that didn’t stop the 22-year-old from signing up to compete Saturday against the strongest alpine climbers on the planet in the ...

Dry-tooling, which is gaining traction as a sport, is the idea of using ice climbing tools on dry rock. We break down the discipline. Using ice axe tools on rock has been happening since ...

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Climbing has become an increasingly popular sport, especially among college students, and University of Minnesota students do not seem to be immune from the bouldering bug. The new Climbing Training ...