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This Indie Horror Film With Alex Honnold is About as Good As You’d Expect

1 week ago | climbing.com | Owen Clarke

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. The Sound is the sort of movie you might encounter if you fell asleep watching Syfy in the early 2000s, then woke up at 3:00 a.m. covered in Cheeto dust trying to figure out if you were still high or not.
Oak Flat Climbing Area Is Safe From an International Mining Company—For Now

2 weeks ago | climbing.com | Maya Silver

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. A week before the release of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that would trigger the imminent transfer of 2,522 acres of Oak Flat to an international mining company, a federal judge has temporarily halted the land exchange.
Outside Fest Was Awesome. Only 350-Something More Days 'til Next Year!

2 weeks ago | climbing.com | Maya Silver

Our favorite mostly climbing-themed moments from this annual festival in Denver Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. The last weekend of May, I had the chance to go to the Outside Festival and Summit. My primary mission was to moderate two Q&As for film screenings related to climbing. Outside Fest screened select films that premiered at Telluride’s Mountainfilm Fest the weekend prior.
The Only Cult I'd Join Is Crack Camp. Here’s Why You Should Try This Indian Creek Institution.

2 weeks ago | climbing.com | Maya Silver

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Mary Catherine Eden wants to make a t-shirt that says, “I went to Crack Camp and all I learned was fisting and fingering.”But a t-shirt such as this would severely shortchange the institution that Crack Camp has become. Yes, there is fisting and fingering, thigh locking and chicken winging—but that’s just the beginning.
The Only Cult I'd Join Is Crack Camp. Here’s Why You Should Try This Indian Creek Institution.

2 weeks ago | climbing.com | Maya Silver

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Mary Catherine Eden wants to make a t-shirt that says, “I went to Crack Camp and all I learned was fisting and fingering.”But a t-shirt such as this would severely shortchange the institution that Crack Camp has become. Yes, there is fisting and fingering, thigh locking and chicken winging—but that’s just the beginning.
Yosemite Bans Large Flags on El Cap and Other Walls

3 weeks ago | climbing.com | Maya Silver

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. The day after seven climbers temporarily rigged a trans pride flag on El Capitan, the Yosemite Superintendent announced a new ban on flags. The ban applies within wilderness areas or potential wilderness areas inside the national park. Designated wilderness comprises over 94% of Yosemite’s total acreage, including El Cap.
The Gear Michaela Kiersch Won’t Climb Without

1 month ago | climbing.com | Maya Silver

5 things the 5.15/V15 climber swears by Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. You can’t become the first woman to send both 5.15 and V15 without mad skills, a dedicated training ethic, grit—and some really good gear. We asked Michaela Kiersch to share some of her favorite products for performance, safety, and skincare. Here are her five things Kiersch won’t climb without, and why she loves them. 1.
Will Bosi Gets First Ascent on Realm of Tor'ment, a New V17

1 month ago | climbing.com | Owen Clarke

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Will Bosi continues to make the world’s hardest grade look like a habit. The Scottish boulderer has sent his fifth proposed V17 problem, Realm of Tor’ment at the limestone crag Raven Tor, in England’s Peak District. The 26-year-old is no stranger to the most difficult bouldering grade; he’s already sent more V17s than anyone else in history.
Why Climbing Fall Practice Was Bad Advice for Me

1 month ago | climbing.com | Alice Hafer

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. In the fall of 2018, I stood at the base of my current project: a 12a on a gray-brown cliff looming over the highway at Arizona’s Virgin River Gorge. Not even six months earlier, I had breached 5.14. But since then, everything had changed. Earlier that summer, while I was on my way back from a successful trip to Madagascar, my father had a stroke.
Freeing the Beast

1 month ago | climbing.com | Emily Lapointe

For professional climber and Rab athlete Anna Hazlett (a.k.a. Anna Hazelnutt), a trip to El Salto, Mexico was about more than just pushing personal limits—it was a chance to reconnect with her heritage, build community, and rediscover the raw joy of adventure. Partnering with fellow Rab athlete Connor Runge—who had long been eyeing El Chamán Loco, Mexico’s hardest big wall climb—Hazlett spent months working the route’s 14 demanding pitches.