It’s time to buy a climbing rope, and you’re starting to feel overwhelmed. Static? Dynamic? What does it all mean? What is measured in millimeters? DOES size matter? All of these questions and more ...

Italian alpinist Stefano Ragazzo has made the first rope-solo ascent of Eternal Flame on Nameless Tower (6251m) in the Trango Tower group in Pakistan. The most famous big wall at altitude was ...

In explaining the difference between his climb of Pakistan’s Trango Tower this month and other ascents that have been made, Todd Skinner doesn’t mince words. “I don’t believe aid climbing is climbing, ...