In the months after she claimed a silver medal in sport climbing at the Paris Olympics, Brooke Raboutou returned to the place where she had once competed as a child prodigy: Arco, Italy. Just outside ...

Tori Ward fit the tips of her shoes onto "rocks" as small as a child's fist. From below, Molly Wick fed Ward rope as she made her ascent 10, 20, 30 feet in the air. Along the way, Ward clipped herself ...

Katherine Cedro didn’t always consider herself a rock climber. The Wayne native embraced the sport when she was in college studying to become a nurse. She would climb on her own indoors, and ...

Rebecca Weber, a participant in the Women's Rockreation Club, scales a rock wall at The Quarry. The club was started to give female climbers a safe space to climb. (Jackie Durfey) The Women’s ...

Between the sounds of crunching dirt and the clinking of carabiners, words of encouragement and laughter filled the air at McDowell Mountain last month. “Everyone is so supportive and wonderful, and ...

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Bree Jameson combines her passion for rock climbing and desire to be a role model and trailblazer for women and people of color, not only in rock climbing but in outdoor sports. (Courtesy of Bree ...

Looking up at the granite wall before me, I feel a mix of nerves and excitement as I tie my harness to the rope. Here, in the rugged wadis – an Arabic word for a deep valley carved into the mountain – ...

Sasha Turrentine is a California-raised, Brooklyn-based photographer and writer. She contributes to Climbing, Alpinist, and Outdoor Research, and has shot for The North Face, Brooklyn Magazine, and ...