There’s a new king of the mountain. On May 9, mountain guide Simon Kearns stepped onto the asphalt at Paradise in Mount ...

An 18-year-old from Texas just set a new world record for speed climbing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. American athlete Sam Watson just broke his own world record on his way to the quarter-finals of the ...

Two of the world's most accomplished mountain runners are planning to do something most would find unthinkable—race up and ...

An 18-year-old United States climbing athlete just smashed a world record — twice.Sam Watson, a Texas native, is a speed climber who wasted no time at the first World Cup of the season.During his ...

Aleksandra Mirosław was stood poised at the base of a 15-meter climbing wall, waiting for three pips of a buzzer to signal the start of her race. Six seconds later, she was an Olympic champion. And ...

Climbers are redefining speed in 2025 with record ascents on Everest, Aconcagua, and beyond. See the year’s fastest ...

GoPro Mountain Games organizers and USA Climbing announced Wednesday that Olympic athletes have signed up to compete in the debut speed climbing competitions at this year’s event June 5-8. These new ...

Reviewing sport climbing's biggest stories, replays, medal results, top athletes, and new records at the 2024 Paris Olympics.