I’ve never enjoyed walking into a gym. Growing up as a fat kid, I have enough traumatic memories around exercise to fill several therapy sessions. On top of the shame I had around my body, I ...

When it comes to choosing climbing shoes, it’s not a decision you want to get wrong. A well-chosen shoe is your ally on the ...

Sarah Jane Thompson and Alexander Barrett were hiking through Mallorca's mountain range on when they were swept away by flash flooding.

A 30-minute debate took place at Monday night’s Sturgis City Council meeting after businessman San Monahan expressed his ...

Skills checks are for people who have prior climbing ... Group size is limited to 70. One climbing wall staff is required ($15/hour) Rock climbing harnesses are not provided with this rental. No ...

One suggestion to get you started, for example, is to get your arms fairly straight and relaxed unless you are actively moving vertically to increase your endurance on the wall.” It’s ...

Climbing shoes and harnesses are available for usage at no charge through Equipment Issuance. The UD Rock Wall is a custom A.R.T. Wall by Nicros that is designed to look like a real rock face. The ...

Rock climbing is as varied as the people who participate in it, and everyone is welcome! The wall is currently bouldering-only (i.e., unroped climbing up to ~12 feet), with top rope climbing in the ...

Lynchburg’s only public rock ... more climbing walls. We even cut a hole in the roof to add nine new auto belays and over 2,000 square feet of climbing with 32-foot walls.” This way, people ...

If the answer is ‘no’ to any of the above then you should read the BMC Climbing Wall Manual available from the BMC and ... There are two award schemes for young people. NICAS (National Indoor Climbing ...

Maybe it was Tom Cruise clambering up the red rock of Utah's Dead Horse Point in Mission: Impossible II that made people want ... looking walls. "The steep clean walls had no cracks or features ...

no matter whether you use a grigri. How do you become a certified rock climber? To become a rock climbing instructor, you must be passionate about the sport as well as have good people skills. In ...