Top rope and lead climbing may only occur during supervised climbing wall hours. Climbing equipment including, but not limited to, harnesses, carabineers, belay devices, ropes, and slings must be UIAA ...

The TSA is known for its strict rules about what you can take on a plane. But this one item is shockingly allowed, despite ...

Modern equipment standards, which the BMC helped create and continues to be involved in evolving, ensure that safety equipment for climbers is better than it ever has been. Here we provide advice on ...

Ben Ayers takes a tour of the Astrek Complex in downtown Kathmandu, home of gear shops, cafes, and an outdoor climbing wall ...

Bouldering is the challenge of climbing around and up small rocks, boulders, or indoor walls. The average height ... Although it requires limited equipment, participants will usually wear climbing ...

Specialist equipment required includes mountaineering boots, warm clothing, ice axes, crampons, harness and rope. Competition climbing is a competitive form of climbing or paraclimbing done on ...

Harnesses, helmets, ropes, and all hardware are provided at the climbing wall. No gear belonging to UNG should leave the climbing wall area. Participants must use UNG hardware. Only ATC style belay ...