PARIS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - When Jacky Godoffe floated the idea of setting a fixed route for competitive speed climbing to the sport's international governing body in 2004, it was laughed off as a joke.

If you are a beginner climber and you feel like you have to learn another language to get on board, you are not alone. Climbing terminology is on a league of its own, but once you know the basics, its ...

The collection of boulders and granite walls first climbed by members of the Alpenbock Club in Little Cottonwood Canyon 60 years ago has made history as a piece of history. The Alpenbock Loop, a ...

Since the start of Adam Ondra's climbing career nearly 30 years ago, he has become one of the most prolific climbers in the world. In 2017, he made the first ascent of Norway's 5.15d Silence route, ...

Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world. We examine the routes on the difficult, rarely climbed Nepalese side of ...