Unless you were living in a cave through 2017 and 2018, you’re probably aware of the term free solo. Alex Honnold’s incredible climb of the Freerider route on El Capitan without protective aids or ...

For 92 minutes on a clear Sunday morning in Taipei, thousands of spectators with jittery nerves stared upwards, while people across the world were glued to their screens, as famed climber Alex Honnold ...

When 21-year-old Lincoln Knowles spoke with GearJunkie this week, he had (of course) just finished another morning of climbing without a rope. He was attempting a two-pitch climb in Salt Lake City’s ...

Jeff Smoot begins his latest book by describing a moment in the mid-1980s when his life nearly came to an end. Back then Smoot was one of America's strongest climbers; he wasn't uber-elite like Lynn ...

How long did it take Alex Honnold to free solo Taipei 101? Final result of Netflix's 'Skyscaper Live' special originally ...

particularly unnerving, in large part because of what climbing media focused on before and after these fatalities. The first of these was the death of 25 year-old Jonas Hainz, of South Tyrol (in ...

Why do some climbers risk it all? Jeff Smoot’s new book, “All and Nothing: Inside Free Soloing,” attempts to answer that question. A thrilling, heart-pumping exploration of the dangerous world of free ...

He crossed a 210-foot-long rope between 2 cliffs sans a harness or safety net. — -- Spencer Seabrooke recently had the free solo slacklining experience he'd been looking forward to since he ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Free Solo climber Alex Honnold is discussing his hopes for people who watched Netflix’s ...

Sixty feet up an overhanging limestone face striped orange and blue on the edge of Spain’s pleasure isle of Mallorca, American climber Chris Sharma pumps once, pumps twice—then launches himself up the ...

Steven Potter is a digital editor at Climbing. He's been flailing on rocks since 2004, has successfully injured (and unsuccessfully rehabbed) nearly every one of his fingers, and holds an MFA in ...