Steven Potter is a digital editor at Climbing. He's been flailing on rocks since 2004, has successfully injured (and unsuccessfully rehabbed) nearly every one of his fingers, and holds an MFA in ...

Climbing has a well-earned reputation for community. Whether you're sending a tricky boulder problem or taking on a towering peak, climbers often talk of the connections they make along the way and ...

“Look to your right!” shouted a student belaying his friend, cocking his head and eyeing the final foothold in the neon tape route that zig-zagged up the 25-foot fiberglass climbing wall. “It’s right ...