"Thank you, now we just need to clear you for belaying. If you would just have a seat over there?" The young person indicated an area around the corner from the front desk where there was a dedicated ...

Back in the early ’90s, when my interest in rock climbing was at its peak, the name Todd Skinner evoked images of a rock-climbing superman. He and his partner Paul Piana had completed their ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Although the investigation of the 500-foot fall that claimed the life of renowned rock climber Todd Skinner on Oct. 23 is ongoing, many within the community ...

The infinity belay loop is a cool feature that eliminates the alarming shift that occurs when the carabiner that attaches to your belay device catches on the stitched overlap of the old belay loop ...

(WBIR - KNOXVILLE) A new report shows the death of an 18-year-old Georgia man at Ijams Nature Center's new adventure course could have been caused by incompatibilities in the equipment. The report ...

Most of us have become so accustomed to dropping onto bolts that we now fall more often than we send. This casualness has trickled down to belayers, who scratch their dogs and lounge in lawn chairs as ...

Toprope soloing is when the climber is not tied into the rope directly. Instead, she sets up a fixed line from a solid anchor above the route, attaches herself to the rope with two PCDs (e.g., Petzl ...

A new rock climber typically starts with a style of climbing called toproping, where the rope runs from the belayer's device and harness up through the anchor at the top of the climb and back down to ...