The Altra Lone Peaks are designed with a wide toe box and a zero-drop style to provide your feet with a barefoot feel. I ...

But there are more than 1.25 million climbing routes around the world — even in the Arctic and the Antarctic, though two-thirds are in Europe. Check out these top climbing spots around the world.

Rock climbing may seem like a niche sport, possibly one fraught with danger. But experts say it offers participants a wide variety of physical and mental health benefits that are not always found ...

But that’s easier said than done. The environmental impact of rock climbing, in general, isn’t well known. Access is one limitation, as most scientists are not climbers.

Mr. Nhlane started climbing at the end of 2018, on a small 8-by-10-foot panel of green-painted plywood in the backyard of Tyler Algeo, a Canadian expat who founded Climb Malawi.

Rock climbing is also a social way of solving a puzzle, which can have an uplifting side effect. It’s akin to how puzzlers may share their Wordle attempts represented in green and yellow squares ...