If you’re new either to climbing (the sport) or Sport Climbing (the Olympic event), you may be baffled by all the jargon. These are the terms the announcers are using. https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/40-climbing-terms-olympics/

Petzl's new Neox is a sleek assisted-braking belay device. How does it stack up to the Grigri? We put it to the test. https://www.climbing.com/gear/review-petzl-neox-belay-device/

For GP81, the city's only remaining independent climbing gym, surviving in expensive Brooklyn has meant leaning on its community. https://www.climbing.com/places/gp81-nyc-independent-gym/

For the second time in its history, Sport Climbing hits the spotlight at the Olympic Games in Paris with a packed six-day programme starting a week from today on Monday August 5th. https://www.climber.co.uk/news/paris-olympics-part-1-background-and-timeline/

She's one of the best climbers in the world right now when it comes to big wall free climbing The post Trad Pro Amity Warme Talks Trying Hard appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/trad-pro-amity-warme-talks-trying-hard/

The group competing in Paris aren't just the best on plastic, they're also some of the best on rock The post How Hard Have Paris Olympians Climbed on Rock? appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/how-hard-have-paris-olympians-climbed-on-rock/

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Both climbers, Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, have received the Piolet d'Or for previous ascents The post Two Alpine Climbers Have Fallen Down K2 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/two-alpine-climbers-have-fallen-down-k2/

Milton had overgrowth knots, the greasy kind, matting his beard to his wooly secondhand pullover, which sagged without shape over his sulking frame. As he sat in the passenger seat beside me, looking a bit like Schulz’s Pig-Pen, I almost admired it. His was a special form of dereliction. Speckled as much by bourbon as… https://climbingzine.com/angels-alight-by-lucas-roman/

She's well-known for sendy bouldering and sport climbing trips abroad The post Michaela Kiersch Is Crushing in Rocklands appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/michaela-kiersch-is-crushing-in-rocklands/

Jasper National Park officials have given an update on how much of the town of Jasper was destroyed by the fire The post 18-Year-Old Led 16 Hikers to Safety in Wildfire appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/18-year-old-led-16-hikers-to-safety-in-wildfire/

This week's Friday Night Video is an in-depth look at the evolution of indoor bouldering walls by YouTuber Hannah Morris. As the discipline soars in popularity, we are in a golden age for indoor bouldering. There are a staggering 20,000+ climbing gyms worldwide and 38 bouldering gyms in London alone - with new facil... https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773253

Oliver Tippett has released some footage from his recent visit to Yosemite Valley The post Here’s What Soloing a Yosemite Big Wall is Like appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/heres-what-soloing-a-yosemite-big-wall-is-like/

The World Cup gold medalist talks about the upcoming Summer Games in a video that just dropped The post Hometown Favourite Oriane Bertone on Paris Olympics appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/hometown-favourite-oriane-bertone-on-paris-olympics/

While the Olympics start today, climbers don't compete until Aug. 5. Find out how to watch below The post No Canadian Climbers at the Paris Olympics appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/no-canadian-climbers-at-the-paris-olympics/

Climbing returns to the Olympics this summer as the Paris Olympics are about to start The post Moves That Won Janja Garnbret Olympic Gold appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/video/moves-that-won-janja-garnbret-olympic-gold/

The fact that anyone could win is why we’ll all tune in starting August 5. https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/who-will-win-sport-climbing-olympics/

These climbing essentials still perform as well as last year but you'll find them at a fraction of the price The post End of Summer Deals on Climbing Gear appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/uncategorized/end-of-summer-deals-on-climbing-gear/

The dance of renewal, the dance that made the world,  was always danced here at the edge of things…   —Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of The World   My first sense of it is auditory. I am walking toward the rim, eyes straining to see over an edge I can’t yet… https://climbingzine.com/climbing-en-plein-air-by-birch-malotky/

When we fail on large moves, most of us tend to think we just need to pull more and pull harder—and our training reflects this bias toward the upper body. https://www.climbing.com/skills/hips-climbing-training/