Hayden Carpenter – Freelance Writer

Pro mountain biker Katie Holden is on a whirlwind world tour. Here's the travel gear that keeps her cranking.

Build your go-to kit with these recommendations from five professional climbers

From film shoots to climbing fiestas, Shelma Jun is always on the go. This gear keeps her moving.

The long-awaited documentary showcases the world's hardest rock climb and the life of visionary Tommy Caldwell, but it goes only so far into the human element

Ramón Navarro chases swells around the world. Here's the carry-on gear that helps him get it done.

It's taken half a decade to iron out the logistics, and while White Sands National Monument has as good a chance as ever at becoming a park, it's not guaranteed.

The first of its kind, the Revo is a belay device with a true auto-locking mechanism.

Can the world's most iconic ice park survive a changing West?

Here's the skinny on Petzl's 2018 Ergonomic, Nomic and Quark techincal ice tools.

Rock and Ice's annual tribute to climbers we lost in the past year.

From the hospital, accomplished big-wall climber Quinn Brett talks about her 100-foot El Cap fall and recovery.

Top alpinists and beloved members of the climbing community are gone following avalanche.

Massive rockfall on El Capitan during peak climbing season kills at least one person and injures another, according to the National Park Service.

Margo Hayes makes the first female ascent of Chris Sharma’s benchmark 5.15a, Biographie/Realization, in Céüse, France.

Adam Ondra on what it takes to send “Project Hard,” the first 9c (5.15d) in the world.

Adam Ondra sends Project Hard, the world’s first 9c (5.15d), in the Hanshallaren Cave of Flatanger, Norway.

Canada’s Gord McArthur makes the first ascent of Storm Giant in B.C.—the world’s most-difficult dry-tooling route and first D16.

Sasha DiGiulian and Edu Marin free climb 700-meter route on the East Face of Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar.

Katie Bono, 29, sets the women’s round-trip speed record, and third fastest time overall, on the West Buttress of Denali (20,310 feet) at 21 hours 6 minutes.

On June 3, Alex Honnold completed the first-ever free solo of El Capitan in Yosemite—one of the greatest climbing feats in history. Rock and Ice caught up with Honnold to...