Climbing grades differ by region or even by crag within the same area. Some routes or boulders may be graded by the hardest ...

“How hard is it?” asked a University of Colorado Boulder student one day last week as I dangled from a static line in the Flatirons. “What’s the grade?” asked a friend a few days later as I placed the ...

If you are a beginner climber and you feel like you have to learn another language to get on board, you are not alone. Climbing terminology is on a league of its own, but once you know the basics, its ...