We talk traditional rock climbing (i.e. “trad climbing”) with Mark Smiley and Vikki Weldon at the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy. The term “Traditional” rock climbing (or as many often refer to as “Trad”) ...

"It's that change in perspective from gymnastics, or pure movement, versus adventure and moving through terrain," explains Chauvin. Trad climbing, especially multi-pitch and big-wall endeavors, is not ...

Trad climbing offers an unparalleled sense of freedom. With the appropriate skills, training, and equipment you really do have the ability to go anywhere. Here we give the low down on how to get ...

From 19 June to 9 July James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini travelled to South Africa to check out the trad climbing at Rocklands. Rocklands = bouldering. But there's a new addition to this equation, ...

Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva have just spent three weeks climbing in Wales, repeating a series of routes on Gogarth, Dinas Cromlech and Cloggy including John Redhead's masterpiece "Authentic ...