Owen Clarke

Is learning how not to screw up becoming obsolete?

A series of brainless miscalculations on Tungurahua, a 16,480-foot volcano in Ecuador.

I’m a new convert to deep water soloing (or psicobloc, as they call it across the pond). Here’s why.

More gumby climbers are roping up than ever before, but who’s going to actually show them the ropes?

The formula is fried. Aren’t there better aspects of climbing we can focus on?

Forget low gravity days… apparently, there’s a reason why us Southern climbers are so much stronger than Colorado climbers...

The lowdown on the hottest (safest?) new climbing publication on the scene, Belayer Magazine.

Regular meditation on death is a recipe for a healthy life. The possibility of death in climbing is omnipresent, so climbers are uniquely positioned to come to terms with our mortality.

And we're not talking about cutting your feet.

COVID-19 continues to give all of us a chance to embrace the solo life, which isn’t always a bad thing. There is lots to learn from climbing alone.

Tied to the train of progress, climbers are always chasing harder climbs and higher grades. The evolution of climbing is a constant dance between new gear and human potential. But does the latter have an upper limit?

Let’s face it, nowadays the Seven Summits are just conga lines for the uber-wealthy.