Climbing gyms are becoming unlikely therapy spaces for Parkinson’s patients—and the results go far beyond stronger muscles.

Even professional athletes struggle with the CN Tower Climb. “There’s a point when you’re running up the stairs and you just feel the pain,” says Canada’s top high-jumper, Nicole ...

Rock climbing can be an effective way to lose weight and tone muscles. Climbing burns calories and builds lean muscle mass, which can lead to increased metabolism and weight loss over time.

Cameron Erven of Winlaw B.C., rock climbs near the village of Calabogie in Eastern Ontario last August. The risks, Calgary researchers say, are as high as 4.44 injuries per 1,000 hours of climbing.

And, that’s not all: rock climbing is also an incredible workout for the mind: it takes an immense amount of concentration, focus, and spatial awareness to scale a vertical wall, after all.

Myra Rodrigues lost her sight as a young child. But that hasn't stopped her from taking up rock-climbing in her 70s, and encouraging other people with vision loss to do the same.

As indoor rock climbing’s popularity soars, independent climbing gyms are hitting a wall of competition and rising costs. Announcing the closure of GP81 in New York City and disappointing its ...