Decades ago, indoor rock climbing might have sounded like a contradiction. But indoor climbing walls are now available at a number of Westchester and Rockland facilities. There’s the Cliffs at ...

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Decades ago, indoor rock climbing might have once sounded like a contradiction. But indoor climbing walls are now available at a number of Westchester and Rockland facilities. There’s the Cliffs at ...

I’m at First Ascent Climbing and Fitness, a climbing gym on Chicago’s Northwest Side. My host, co-founder Dan Bartz, secures a rope to my harness with a knot and carabiner, then sets me loose on my ...

Indoor rock climbing is excellent fun all by itself – but that doesn't mean it can't be more fun if you make a video game out of it. Augmented Climbing projects interactive images onto the climbing ...

After he graduated from high school in Gillette, Wyo., Jim Rott started saving money for an education at Montana State University in Bozeman. "But I blew it all on climbing gear," he said, satisfying ...

The Outdoor Adventures’ 22-foot climbing wall welcomes all experience levels, from hard-crimping climbers looking for difficult problems to first-timers hoping to try out climbing in a relaxed, ...

A MoonBoard—an internationally standardized training wall for climbers—usually belongs in gyms, not basements. This project brought it home, turning an ordinary underground space into a ...

The “Fit Nation: Around the World in 8 Races” special will air on Saturday, November 11, at 2:30 p.m. ET on CNN. Athletes typically push themselves beyond barriers and past personal limits. And for ...

Indoor climbers could be putting themselves at risk of cancer and other diseases. A study has found that the air in popular indoor rock climbing wall facilities is laden with potentially toxic rubber ...