Todd Skinner
Over the Moon
China's best and first sport area, Yangshuo, in the limelight as seen from a local's perspective.
Yangshuo’s Moon Hill Reopens After 2 Year Climbing Ban
Moon Hill, the most iconic crag in China, where sport climbing really came into its own in the country, is back open for business!
Climb International – Todd Skinner and Crew Climbing in Yangshuo, China, 1991
Todd Skinner and crew visit Yangshuo China in the early 1990s on an epic adventure of Southeast Asia. This shortened version of Michael Strassman's production is the earliest footage available of rock climbing's birth in China.
Direttissima of the Desert: The Second Free Ascent of Sundevil Chimney (5.13b R)
Few people pursue hard free climbing in the Fisher Towers. Of those few, virtually no one contemplates freeing Sundevil Chimney, a 5.13b X up the Titan, the proudest and most terrifying tower around. It has sat unrepeated since the first free ascent in 2002.
El Cap Free Timeline
A select (not exhaustive!) timeline of many of the major moments in the history of free climbing on the Big Stone.
Finally Free: Skinner and Piana’s First Free Ascent of the Salathé Wall
Finally Free: Skinner and Piana's First Free Ascent of the Salathé Wall
Todd Skinner: The Renegade
Todd Skinner, one of rock climbing's greatest pioneers and visionaries, is remembered.
Shanjean Lee Sends “City Park,” Notorious 5.13d Trad Line
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Brittany Goris Redpoints City Park (5.13d) at Index
Goris, 25, is the first woman to climb the Todd Skinner testpiece.
Cameron Hörst Climbing Throwin’ the Houlihan, Wild Iris, WY
Watch as the 16-year-old battles up Todd Skinner's 5.14a in Wyoming.
Go Big or Go Home
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