OPENING NEW LINES

Based on documents and direct exchanges, here’s our reconstruction of what happened.

PFAS bans are here. Outdoor brands now have to explain the tradeoffs.

Oak Flat’s transfer could erase a sacred Apache site and iconic climbing area.

A new study shows how climbers help shape Squamish’s economy—and its growing pains.

Care for cliffs, access, and ecology now shape modern climbing culture.

Both turn skill and freedom into status, style, and quiet rules about belonging.

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

How a local walkout exposed a deeper crisis inside France’s biggest gym chain.

When pace turns into power, a day out can become something far more dangerous.

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

A national program faces scrutiny as an internal probe begins.

What if climbing allowed us to escape the prison of identities? A sociological analysis.

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

12,000 km by bike. A forced flight. Stopped at 4,100m—still chasing a clean line.

Durkheim, anomie, and climbing gyms: when climbing recreates bonds in a fragmented society.