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When people talk about climbing, things can easily get confusing. There's sport climbing, trad climbing, aid climbing, free soloing, bouldering... Need a way to tell your non-climber friends that you're not free soloing El Cap when you say you go climbing? Show 'em this.

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So what's the grade on this ridiculously hard crack, Daniel???

Always a scary moment when you think you're about to shatter your ankles....

Goris, 25, is the first woman to climb the Todd Skinner testpiece.

The "Slaborama" project at Rogaland, Norway, is one sweet-looking line!

Trad extraordinaire Hazel Findlay makes the first ascent of a blank Squamish corner high on the Chief.

This is the fourth free ascent of one of Indian Creek's hardest routes, established by the late Hayden Kennedy.

The fear of taking your first real fall can be paralyzing. In this Weekend Whipper, we witness Hunter Carmichael attempting his third lead climb ever.