Modern climbing gyms are works of art, and the holds adorning the walls are the stars of the show. Stone Age, the hold supplier for Touchstone climbing gyms, gives us a behind-the-curtain look at how ...

Climbers are tackling debut routes with some of the newest climbing holds available – some so new they may be the only set in the world – at Loveland’s only climbing gym. The owners of Wooden Mountain ...

Reinforcement and filing versus chipping and drilling. Scaling away hundreds of pounds of surface choss versus excavating a few ounces of stone to make a climb "go." Manufacturing one hold to make a ...

When you can’t climb actual rocks all the time, what do you do to train and keep sharp? You go to a rock-climbing gym, naturally. But what do you do when it’s 2020 and your rock-climbing gym has ...

Liz George was at her local gym in Michigan in June when she saw something deeply off-putting. One of the holds on a top-rope route she was climbing was shaped like the Laughing Buddha (a monk who ...

What makes a purchase “worth it”? The answer is different for everybody, so we’re asking some of the coolest, most shopping-savvy people we know—from small-business owners to designers, artists, and ...

An early-season climb can be a humbling experience: No matter how many moguls you mastered over the winter, that first afternoon at the crag can make you feel like you’ve been in hibernation. But ...