Climbing grades differ by region or even by crag within the same area. Some routes or boulders may be graded by the hardest move, while others feel like they factor in rests. Ultimately, the grade ...

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 ...

“How hard is it?” asked a University of Colorado Boulder student one day last week as I dangled from a static line in the Flatirons. “What’s the grade?” asked a friend a few days later as I placed the ...