Ms. DiGiulian is a professional climber. Women’s climbing is having an incredible moment. Built on the shoulders of 30-plus years of accomplishments, women are making ever more first ascents and ...

Female mountain climbers face more obstacles than men when climbing the Himalayan mountain K2, but they choose to do so anyway for the thrill it provides, according to Jennifer Jordan, a journalist ...

Female and male athletes are not treated exactly the same in discourse, but in the case of rock climbing this may be a good thing, as it creates and redefines a new type of femininity. In taking the ...

In a memoir published in December, professional mountaineer and former Miss Finland Lotta Hintsa briefly described an upsetting incident with a “very famous male climber” whom she didn’t name. During ...

Our legs not only carry our body weight; they are actually a measure of our overall health and longevity. For women, building ...

Encouragement and support makes a huge difference for newcomers, something veteran climbing instructor Elizabeth Joyner always tries to keep in mind when she’s leading Ladies Night at High Steppe ...