“There is no avalanche danger unless a human is there,” said Dick Jackson of Aspen Expeditions at the start of a Level 1 avalanche course....

The new Shaman was designed by Chris Sharma, right down to the blue and orange colors, inspired by a basketball that his dog, Chaxi, loves to wrestle. I got to test a pair this summer, and was both surprised and pleased to find that Evolv has finally produced an aggressive sport-climbing and bouldering shoe that I would actually buy....

I didn’t want to like this pack. Anything that’s more complicated to load than a laundry basket seems too complex to my pea-sized brain. ...

Slippers get my vote as the best type of shoes to wear indoors. They’re easy to get on and off. Most important, they’re soft with little support, helping you to build the toe strength you’ll need to climb outdoors. ...

Six years ago I raved about this new company called Organic Climbing and its flagship crashpad, the Full Pad. Since then, a few features on the Full Pad have been tweaked, but the main features that make it one of my favorite landing zones remain. ...

The new Patagonia Ultralight Down Shirt is one of the most useful pieces of gear I’ve ever had....

Revolution can be counted as one of the most impassioned, high-quality bouldering companies in today’s market. They are constantly redesigning and tweaking their products to improve the caliber and function. For this year, they’ve refaced the Mission pad, a large taco-style pad that is a direct descendant of the classic Cordless Large Crash Pad. ...

From my vantage beneath a steep bouldering wall at the Movement climbing gym, called by some “the best crag in Boulder,” I sat hypnotized by the sight of a tight little package, all hot with hair full of body and bounce, pumping an elliptical machine. I enjoyed this nice moment until the guy (jerk) next to her diverted my attention....

DURING A HOT summer day, while climbing with my friend Dan, I took off my shirt. Sorry, it happens. The muzzle-loading firearm that is my pallid skin shot a round of the sun's white-hot reflection at everyone within range. There was an instant massacre of eyeballs and appetites....

If you ask climbers what our favorite part of climbing is, we would say solving problems. Well, we might actually say, “slaying the Gnar,” or “sending the chronicles of Gnarnia with advanced kneebar techgnarlogy,” or even just, “taking a dump on a route,” but we all mean the same thing, and that is we enjoy figuring out solutions to vertical challenges....