A French athlete nicknamed “the warrior” smashed both the men’s and women’s world record for rope climbing by pulling herself up to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower with her bare hands in just 18 ...

A French athlete earned a daring world record at her country's most iconic landmark. Anouk Garnier broke the men's and women's world record for rope climbing at the Eiffel Tower. The two-time world ...

Rebecca Weber, a participant in the Women's Rockreation Club, scales a rock wall at The Quarry. The club was started to give female climbers a safe space to climb. (Jackie Durfey) The Women’s ...

Looking up at the granite wall before me, I feel a mix of nerves and excitement as I tie my harness to the rope. Here, in the rugged wadis – an Arabic word for a deep valley carved into the mountain – ...