climbing fringe sport Archives

Posted October 8, 2019

// Vertical Hot Rods — A Speed Climbing Primer

The notion of speed climbing conjures logo-emblazoned NASCAR uniforms. Events that take place on Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Stadiums filled with throngs fueled by equal parts testosterone and energy [...]

By Sarah Fountain

In Climbing, News

Posted June 5, 2016

Debate over Climbing in 2020 Olympics

This past week, five new sports were proposed to the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Among them: climbing. There would be three categories of [...]

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