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On February 9, Nepal’s government moved to restrict access to Mount Everest, introducing new rules that could change who is allowed to recreate in the mountaineering capital. Among other requirements,...


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When it comes to how climbing shows up on the big screen, last year perpetuated the status quo set by accidental spoofs like Cliffhanger and Vertical Limit. We had a few moments of hope, like when we heard that Adrian Ballinger, Hazel Findlay, Brette Harrington, and Alex Honnold played roles in the independent horror film The Sound. But while the film end...


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A 37-year-old Austrian alpinist was just convicted of grossly negligent homicide, after leaving his girlfriend to die on the country’s highest peak, Grossglocker (12,461ft), during a botched winter ascent last year. A si...


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It was 19 (!) years ago when the Booster line first launched. I tested them then for Climbing, as I am testing the Boostic R now, somehow at it nearly two decades later.

If I compare my original Boosters to the new Boostic R, they are very similar: banana shoes, built on a radically asymmetrical last, with a heavy downturn that puts you right on yo...


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For years, West Virginia climber Andrew Leich ran laps on Morning Wood Traverse, a 100-foot lateral crack beneath a roof in Coopers Rock State Forest. The crack is roughly 25 feet off the ground, but never harder than 5.9, and well within his comfort zone. For Leich, who lives near the forest and lacks a nearby gym, it was a familiar fitness lap. “That’s probably the c...


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