The difference between regular climbing and big wall climbing comes down to magnitude—longer routes, steeper rock faces, more gear to haul, and more calculations to make before you go.

Yosemite National Park, widely regarded as the birthplace of modern rock climbing has attracted generations of climbers ...

The wall itself has earned bragging rights as the biggest rock climbing wall this side of Dallas. “It’s a state-of-the-art Walltopia that we have, which is a big deal out here on this side of ...

The line comprises 16 pitches of primarily 5.12 climbing, which is well within my comfort zone, but the crux grades in at 5.14b, the hardest big-wall grade ... the rock was looser and the route ...

Youri had no previous experience on Big Walls, but he wanted to come along and ... hauling and fixing, we started up the wall. Our intention was to climb a rock triangle and then continue to the top.