Most of us have become so accustomed to dropping onto bolts that we now fall more often than we send. This casualness has trickled down to belayers, who scratch their dogs and lounge in lawn chairs as ...

Today’s “I can’t believe it, but it actually happened,” tale from a reader. I went climbing with a new partner. He was a 5.13+ leader, so I didn’t put too much thought into his belay technique until I ...