OPENING NEW LINES

Growth is cooling, even as participation stays near record highs.

A worker-owned gym network bets on shared power, capped pay gaps, and local roots.

Are assisted devices making tubes obsolete in climbing gyms worldwide?

A fatal auto-belay fall exposes failures far beyond the device itself.

Comfort activism: loud online, low risk in real life.

73% of U.S. gym operators report worsening economic conditions in 2025.

A federal order reshapes U.S. climbing’s women’s field overnight.

Neutrality isn’t a firewall. It’s a policy—one that picks its blind spots.

An email, two disciplinary rulings, and a case that left her feeling unprotected.