In 1980 my college roommate, Mark Herndon, fell 100 feet on a two-pitch route. I was belaying from a stance at the end of the first pitch, cooling my feet, shoes off. Mark had just cruised the second-pitch crux, a near-holdless paddle up granite glass, and was nearing the end of a 50-foot runout above the route’s only lead bolt when he slipped.

The myth of Oliver Moon changed the face of Yosemite climbing forever.

It took the spotlight of the Petzl Roctrip to show what the locals already knew: The Red River Gorge is America's Best Climbing Area.

Belgian-Polish team climbs three big walls near K7.

The mighty Grimer and the world's best climbers square off at Arco.

The Arc Ghost is a sophisticated, high-tech down comforter that tapers from head to toe and has a foot “pocket.”