One of my first times going bouldering outside, I thought I was hot stuff. I was finally doing V7s and V8s in my gym, so I was gonna crush on real rock, right? My lesson: outdoor bouldering grades may ...

When you're eying up a climb, assuming it's a line that's been done before, first and foremost it's worth knowing a couple of things. One: is the climb actually any good? Routes are usually given some ...

If you are a beginner climber and you feel like you have to learn another language to get on board, you are not alone. Climbing terminology is on a league of its own, but once you know the basics, its ...

Rock climber Levi Waters knows how problematic — and dangerous — it can be if a rock climber doesn’t know the difficulty of the climb. Yet there’s no standardization in the industry about how ...

DURHAM, N.H. – [January 31, 2025] – A recent study conducted by University of New Hampshire researchers explored how integrating machine and deep learning techniques can create a standardized system ...

Blaise O’Mara, a Sunapee native who is currently a master’s degree student at UNH, was the lead researcher of the project to eliminate grading bias from rock climbing through the use of deep-learning ...

One of my first times going bouldering outside, I thought I was hot stuff. I was finally doing V7s and V8s in my gym, so I was gonna crush on real rock, right? I spent 45 minutes (and all of my energy ...