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TNB: No Such Luck
A simple house chore saves the author from being swept away in an avalanche.
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Updated: Death on El Cap
A fatal accident occurred on El Capitan in Yosemite, California, on May 19. Yosemite park officials have now confirmed that died in a 230-foot fall while trying to climb the Muir Wall.
Woods and Robinson Send The Ice Knife (V15)
Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson had a stellar day while climbing at Colorado's Guanella Pass on Sunday, with both climbers repeating The Ice Knife (V15).
Weekend Whipper: Groundfall at Frog Buttress
This Weekend Whipper takes us to Queensland, Australia's Frog Buttress. Here, a climber starts up the classic Erg Direct Start grade 22 (5.11), puts in three pieces of protection, and then goes for it. But is the gear good ... ?

Today's Videos

Three Days with Ethan Pringle
Three Days with Ethan Pringle
Jan Hojer Training
Jan Hojer Training

Medical Advice

How to Avoid Injury
Oh, the mellifluous sounds of injury. Their regularity forms the leitmotif of Modern Climbing: the Musical. If you get into the groove, you will end up dancing the Charlie Foxtrot.

Training

How Often Should You Rest?
I climb three or four days a week on average. What's the best combination of rest days and climbing days?

Gear Advice

Does Poop Harm a Climbing Rope?
What to do when the unthinkable happens, and how to stay sanitary out at the crag.

Climb Safe

Spectra versus Nylon
Britney or Christina, Frappuccino or half-caf vanilla latte, Maxim or FHM, trad or sport—our world is full of crucial, life-defining choices. Your sling choice, however, truly is life affecting. Read on to find out why.

Features

John Long: Legends of the Mind
Calling Buhl on the famous mountaineer’s truisms
Free Will in Purgatory
In late November, Mike Doyle redpointed Lucifer (5.14c), a long-standing project at the Purgatory crag, to establish what is now considered the hardest route in the Red River Gorge.
Mad Max
WHEN MAXIME TURGEON AND LOUIS-PHILIPPE MŠNARD stepped onto the Ruth Glacier in the spring of 2005, no one in the climbing community had ever heard of them.
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Comprehensive instruction for learning the ropes.
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Tips for maximizing your performance at the crag.
Trad
Learn to place gear and climb safely on traditional routes.
Bouldering
Amp up your bouldering with the web’s most comprehensive instruction.

How To Climb

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Rock and Ice Issue #209

Rock and Ice Issue #209

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Everyman's Exposed. The Best of 2010
Mountain Games

Accident Report

STONE NUDES

Gallery images by Dean Fidelman.

Epic Tales

Accident Reports

Gear Reviews

Destinations

Cragging in the Bay Area
I had never kissed a girl, so when a naked one came up to me and started asking questions about the climb I had just tried, I was a little thrown. Painfully shy, I’d always wondered how I would ever ask a girl to go climbing, and now a naked one was here asking me if I knew of a place where she could learn.

Press Release

Get Digital Accidents in North America FREE!31-Dec-2012

Rock and Ice and the American Alpine Club (AAC) have teamed up to create a new online educationa..

Wild Country Recalls Helium Carabiner31-Dec-2012

Wild Country is issuing a voluntary recall on certain batches of Helium carabiners delivered aft..

Wild Country Recalls Ropeman31-Dec-2012

Wild Country recalled their Ropeman 3 ascender which although passing all required CE EN standards h..

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