Climbing

Expedition Hanesbrands’ climb this month in Nepal is a gear test and a “warm up” before Mount Everest this spring.

As reported in the Minneapolis City Pages newspaper this morning, “Minneapolis climber plans to tweet from Mt. Everest.” (That would be me.)

“Expedition Champion,” a multi-month expedition to climb Mount Everest in spring 2010, was officially launched this morning.

Metolius developed a full-strength, mini carabiner that can help climbers shed weight from their rack.

Morton’s Toe is when the second toe is longer than the big toe. The Evolv Demorto shoes were built for climbers with this condition.

Many rock climbers love Aliens. Not creatures from space that burst out of your belly, but the cams made by Colorado Custom Hardware. Technically called…

In early May, on a trip to climb the 14,179-foot stratovolcano of Mount Shasta in northern California, I spent what has been my most harrowing…

Last week I traveled to Ogden, Utah, on assignment for New York Times. My gig: Climb the nation’s newest via ferrata routes in Waterfall Canyon…

The philosophy of going fast and light through the mountains has been universally embraced by climbers. In lieu of fixed ropes, heavy packs and pound-in…

Metolius recently debuted several rock-climbing products with safety features that exceed the industry standard. The company built redundancies into its harnesses, beefed up its ropes,…