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 ...

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Free soloing means climbing with no rope or gear, a historic genre that in the late 1970s, through the Yosemite-based John Bachar--at the time nicknamed Mr. Norelco, after a "cordless" electric razor- ...

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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 ...

It was the morning of January 25, 2026, in Taipei, Taiwan—a day after the originally planned date of the event, delayed due to poor weather. For the average rock climber, a little rain wouldn’t be ...

“There are only two mandatory criteria for deepwater soloing—overhanging rock and deep water. It’s pretty simple really,” says rock climber Matt Maddaloni, who helped bring this subsport into fashion ...

Want to seriously improve your soloing skills? In this video, I share how I helped my student Lucy work through "So What" by transcribing, analyzing, and applying key elements into her own ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Another rock climber writes in: Free-soloing is something a fair number ...

Welcome to Scattered Shots, written by Frostheim of Warcraft Hunters Union and the Hunting Party Podcast. Each week Frostheim uses logic and science mixed with a few mugs of Dwarven Stout to look deep ...

It was the morning of January 25, 2026, in Taipei, Taiwan—a day after the originally planned date of the event, delayed due to poor weather. For the average rock climber, a little rain wouldn’t be ...