SPORT CLIMBING

HISTORY: Sport climbing is a form of climbing that relies on permanent anchors fixed to a rock or an artificial climbing wall surface to arrest a fall. While traditional climbing requires climbers to place removable protection as they ascend. Note: Sport Climbing was first coined by Dan Goodwin in the 1980s when he designed and built the climbing wall for the First International Sport Climbing Championship at Snowbird, Utah.

THE BIG BANG is one of the UK's hardest climbs (9a). It had only been climbed twice in 23 years, until Emma Twyford captured the 3rd and 1st for a woman.

BEST SPORT CLIMBING VIDEOS

SPORT CLIMBING

ALEX MEGOS

WATCH uncut footage of Alex Megos on King Capella. The route was first established by Will Bosi in early 2021. It took just 9 days for Megos to send.

SPORT CLIMBING

ANA BELEN ARGUDO

WATCH Ana Belen Argudo climb El Calvario del Sicario 8c in Cuenca, Spain.

SPORT CLIMBING

GABRIELE MORONI

Gabriele Moroni is one of the best italian climbers, who has been travelling to Margalef since 2014 with the goal of climbing Demencia Senil (9a+/15a).

SPORT CLIMBING

HUGO PARMENTIER

WATCH Hugo Parmentier send Amicalement Blues (9a/5.14d), which was first scaled by Nicolas Perlorson.

SPORT CLIMBING

ALBANIA - CLIMBER'S PARADISE

WATCH Climbing in Albania. You will be treated to the most exciting development in Sport Climbing in the last decade.

SPORT CLIMBING

JONATHAN SIEGRIST

WATCH Jonathan Siegrist on his recent trip to Italy. Siegrist makes a quick send of two of the hardest routes in the country.

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ABOUT

CLIMBING RULES & ETHICS has been in the making since the 1st International Sport Climbing Championship in Snowbird, Utah, (1988) when Dan Goodwin was the color commentator for CBS Sports. With sport climbing and bouldering now in the Olympics, climbing has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. Due to this popularity, the need for our community to be on the same page has never been greater. What guided our sport in the 1980s may differ from today, but many beliefs and values have remained the same. With more than 1,000 new climbers signing up daily, there has never been a more critical time for our community to be on the same page.

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List of Disciplines
Tick Types
Mindfulness Advice
Pro Climbing Tips
Bouldering Grades
Leading Climbing Grades
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SPORT CLIMBING

WoGu ~ The Legendary 10 Pitch Route

WoGü is a dream, an illusion, a legendary route stretching ten pitches through the heart of the spectacular Rätikon range of Switzerland.

SPORT CLIMBING

CAFE SOLO 5.15b FA

WATCH Jimmy Webb and Daniel Woods capture the 2nd and 3rd ascent respectively of the Carlo Traversi route known as Empath 5.15a/9a+

SPORT CLIMBING

CLAUDIA GHISOLFI

WATCH Claudia Ghisolfi (Stephano Ghisolfi's sister) capture Italy's First 8C+ on a route called NOIA ~ demonstrating the Art of Visualization.

SPORT CLIMBING

CAFE SOLO 5.15b FA

WATCH Jorge Diaz Rullo capture the first ascent of Cafe Solo 5.15b.

SPORT CLIMBING

JANJA GARNBRET

WATCH Janja Garnbret onsight American Hustle 8c./5.14c in Oliana, Spain.

SPORT CLIMBING

BONE TOMAHAWK 5.15a

WATCH Cameron Horst send Bone Tomahawk 5.15a

SPORT CLIMBING

11-YEAR OLD THEO BLASS

WATCH 11 year old Theo Blass send Super Samson, an 8c sport climbing route in France.

SPORT CLIMBING

THE NEW DEAL

The New Deal in Joshua Tree National Park is the first rock climb graded 5.14a that was established Scott Cosgrove.

SPORT CLIMBING

STEFANO GHISOLFI

WATCH Stefano Ghisolfi workout the moves on Bibliographie: Hardest Route In Céüse first established by Alex Megos in 2020.

SPORT CLIMBING

THE EMPYREAN

WATCH Braden Bester's first ascent of The Empyrean; a King Line route he bolted at Lake Louise in Banff National Park, CANADA

SPORT CLIMBING

ONTARIO, CANADA

CAMISTA | A Story Of Climbing Discovery is a film that features some of the best climbing in Ontario, Canada.

SPORT CLIMBING

ADAM ONDRA FLASHES 5.15

WATCH ADAM ONDRA become the first person to FLASH a route rated 9a+ (5.15a) on his first try without falling

SPORT CLIMBING

SEB BOUIN

WATCH Seb Bouin capture the 2nd ascent of Patanics 9b in Rodellar, Spain. The route comprises a 60 m steep link up of three routes.

SPORT CLIMBING

MARGO HAYES FIRST 5.15

WATCH Margo Hayes capture the first female ascent of Chris Sharma's legendary route Biographie 5.15a (aka Realization).

SPORT CLIMBING

ALEX MEGO'S HARDEST

WATCH Alex Megos work on Bibliographie, a mega route next to Biographie, which he believes is several grades harder.

SPORT CLIMBING

JOHNATHAN SIEGRIST

WATCH US Climber Jonathan Siegrist repeat the Utah test piece known as the Peruvian Necktie 9b/5.15b.

SPORT CLIMBING

LAURA ROGURA

WATCH Italian climber, Laura Rogora on the epic cave route Pure Dreaming 9a+, at the Grotta Di Massone crag in Arco, Italy.

SPORT CLIMBING

STEFANO GHISOLFI

WATCH Stefano Ghisolfi sport climbing The Ring of Life 9a+ at his home crag Covolo outside of Arco, Italy.

SPORT CLIMBING

MARCELLO BOMBARDI

WATCH Italian climber Marcello Bombardi sport climb Lapsus 9b, a 60-move endurance route.

SPORT CLIMBING

ADAM ONDRA

WATCH Adam Ondra sport climb his nemesis, Victimas Perez 9a in Margalef, Spain.

SPORT CLIMBING

SEB BOUIN

WATCH Seb Bouin climb La Rage D'Adam 9b+ in Verdon Gorge, France.

SPORT CLIMBING

JANJA GARNBRET

WATCH Domen Škofic and Janja Garnbret attempt to climb the 360 meter chimney at the Trbovlje Power Station in Slovenia.

SPORT CLIMBING

PERU ROUTES

WATCH this film about a group of climbers that travel to a world less traveled in Peru to establish a few spectacular routes.

SPORT CLIMBING

WILL BOSI

WATCH Will Bosi send King Capel (9b+) becoming the 6th person in the world to climb the grade.

SPORT CLIMBING

SEB BOUIN

WATCH Seb Bouin capture the 2nd ascent of AKIRA, 9b (5.15b) one of the most controversy routes in the world.

SPORT CLIMBING

KEENAN TAKAKAHASHI

WATCH Keenan Takahashi send Coup de Grâce (9a/14d) a mega-classic Dave Graham route in Ticino, Switzerland.

SPORT CLIMBING

STEFANO GHISOLFI

WATCH Stefano Ghisolfi capture the 2nd ascent of Change 9B+ in Norway. 1st established by Adam Ondra.

SPORT CLIMBING

LE BOMBE BLEU

Le bombé Bleu is a very infamous route bolted by Marc Le Menestrel in the 90'. Legendary climbers have tried it but it remains unclimbed yet.

SPORT CLIMBING

JULIA CHANOURDIE

Julia Chanourdie becomes the third woman to climb 9b (5.15b)!

SPORT CLIMBING

HIDDEN CRAG IN CANADA

Tim Emmet, Jimmy Martinello and Trev McDonald's discover a new crag on Anvil Island, an island only accessible by paddle-board or by boat.

SPORT CLIMBING

JONATHAN SIEGGRIST

WATCH Jonathan Siegrist share the hidden gems buried deep in the Colorado Hills, just outside of Lake City, at a sport climbing area known as God's Crag.

SPORT CLIMBING

NEW ZEALAND

This climbing film features bouldering at Mt Cook and sport climbing at Milford Sound, New Zealand.

SPORT CLIMBING

LAURA ROGORA

WATCH Laura Rogora become the second woman in the world to climb the grade 5.15/9b by sending Ali Hulk Sit Extension.

SPORT CLIMBING

Serbia - A World Less Traveled

This video summarises all the steps needed to develop a new sport climbing area in the Jelanisca Gorge in Serbia.

SPORT CLIMBING

ADAM ONDRA

WATCH Adam Ondra capture the first 9a ascent of Genius Loci 9a in Paklenica Gorge, Croatia.

SPORT CLIMBING

JAKOB SCHUBERT

WATCH Jakob Schubert send Perfecto Mundo, a brutal and unforgiving line in the Spanish climbing mecca of Margalef, Spain.

SPORT CLIMBING

ALEX MEGOS

Alex Megos and the Art of the Redpoint. This amazing film documents the history of red point.

SPORT CLIMBING

NATHANIEL COLEMAN

Nathaniel Coleman on the FA of Lee Majors (9a/5.14d), a new sport route in Dry Canyon, Southern Arizona

SPORT CLIMBING

ALESSANDRO ZENI

Cryptography 9b/5.15b in the legendary Saint-Loup crag in Switzerland, may prove to be the most difficult slab in the world.

SPORT CLIMBING

JERNEJ KRUDER

Watch Jernej Kruder establish multiple first ascent sport climbs in Slovenia.

SPORT CLIMBING

Anak Verhoeven

Kraftio (9a/5.14d) is one of the most difficult sport climbs in Belgium. Watch Anak Verhoeven capture the first ascent.

SPORT CLIMBING

Cameron Hörst

White Lighting 9a/5.14d) is the harder, more direct start of Moonshine

SPORT CLIMBING

SEB BOUIN

WATCH SEB BOUIN send Adam Ondra's undone 9b on the world's most beautiful limestone and tuffas in the Balkan Peninsula in southeast Europe

SPORT CLIMBING

EDU MARIN

WATCH Edu Marin send the fifth pitch of Valhalla in Getu, China.

SPORT CLIMBING

Joshua Tree National Park

Watch Jeremy Schoenborn made the third (?ascent of Scott Cosgrove's 'The Cutting Edge' in Joshua Tree National Park, California.

SPORT CLIMBING

JONATHAN SIEGRIST

WATCH Jonathan Siegrist send One Hundred Proof (9a+/ 5.15a) in the Clear Light Cave on Mount Potosi, near Las Vegas, Nevada.

SPORT CLIMBING

CEDRIC LACHAT

Watch Cédric Lachat send Pachamama (9a+), which was first established by Chris Sharma, in preparation for his winter project Mamichula (9b).

SPORT CLIMBING

BEN COSSEY

Watch Ben Cossey battle it out on Groove Train 5.14b at Taipan Wall, Grampians Australia.

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