Lead climbing is one of a number of different types of climbing. This discipline of climbing can take place on rock, ice or indoor climbing walls. If you've been watching the Olympics sport climbing ...

A French athlete earned a daring world record at her country's most iconic landmark. Anouk Garnier broke the men's and women's world record for rope climbing at the Eiffel Tower. The two-time world ...

Rebecca Weber, a participant in the Women's Rockreation Club, scales a rock wall at The Quarry. The club was started to give female climbers a safe space to climb. (Jackie Durfey) The Women’s ...

During spring break I discovered rock climbing, thanks to Georgetown’s Outdoor Education and a few extremely dedicated guides. At one point during one of my first ventures, I was about 30 feet in the ...