Just exactly what is trad climbing? When I started dipping my toes into mountaineering, I spent plenty of time around hardened rock climbers and started to hear the term, "trad". Having been regaled ...

We talk traditional rock climbing (i.e. “trad climbing”) with Mark Smiley and Vikki Weldon at the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy. The term “Traditional” rock climbing (or as many often refer to as “Trad”) ...

The Youth Ready to Rock Trad climbing course is designed to help young climbers (11-17 year olds) make their first moves onto rock by having a fun day out, as well as covering the use of some key ...

Trad climbing offers an unparalleled sense of freedom. With the appropriate skills, training, and equipment you really do have the ability to go anywhere. Here we give the low down on how to get ...

Traditional climbing involves a wall that has no anchors in it, said professional rock climber Lowell Stevenson. "You place the anchors in it, and you take the acnhors out, so it is not a fixed route, ...

Rescue crews conducted two separate helicopter operations over the past two days after climbers became stranded on challenging routes in Red Rock Canyon, authorities said.

Fear gripped my friend Bryan for a few moments as he neared the top of a rock climbing route just south of Ririe Reservoir. “I don’t trust my last two placements to catch me if I should fall,” he said ...