The rand of a climbing shoe is the rubber that runs from toe to heel underneath the sole, giving the shoe tension. The Drago LV’s tensioned rand drives power through the toes, and a rubber panel ...

As the popularity of climbing continues to surge, the demand for high-performance gear is greater than ever before. While a ...

Matt Samet, the former editor of Climbing, has been an avid rock climber since the mid-1980s, the era of high-top Firé rock shoes. He lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he primarily sport-climbs ...

To find out how to start rock climbing, we interviewed mountain guides, coaches and professional climbers for all their tips and tricks. Here’s everything you need.

In a recent study, researchers from the University of Vienna and EPFL Lausanne have shown for the first time that high concentrations of potentially harmful chemicals from climbing shoe soles can be ...

The easiest route to the sport of climbing is via bouldering: a full-body workout that only requires some shoes that grip, a pad to fall on, and some chalk to soak up the hand sweat.

At its most basic, rock climbing is what you’d expect. You put on special shoes, dust your hands with chalk and climb rocks, whether they’re made of plastic, granite or sandstone.