The winner of the 2012 Rockclimbing.com Photo Contest is "Swing Swing From That Jug Jug" submitted by user skyalchemist.

Thank you all for the entries we have received for the Metolius Training Board Competition, here are the top 5 entries.

Why do you climb Mountains? "Because they are there" said legend and icon Mallory.

Spending two weeks in Southern India visiting some well-known as well as unknown rock climbing spots. With no gear came some sketchy climbs.

It is two o’clock in the afternoon on a warm spring day in the desert. “There’s a naked disco dance party tonight,” Holly says. Normally naked and party could be inviting, but in the climbing world the chances of a decent ratio of sexes is slim.

A southern rock climber bids farewell to a friend who dreamed of the big stone.

A southern climber comes west, and finds a lost world.

New climbs on old lines; new friends, dreams and challenges in a New Year.

The county of Donegal sits in the most North West point of the Republic of Ireland. What Donegal provides for the visiting rock climber is more rock climbing venues, routes and unclimbed rock than the rest of Ireland combined.

Some reflections on our recent climbing trip to the Greek island of Kalymnos: how to get there, what to expect, where to stay, rock, and weather.

Mark’s surgery in Vermont was successful, and soon after he returned to Colorado for radiation treatment and his final semester at Western State. Mark faced this challenge with the same determination and courage I had witnessed in his climbing. Never did he submit to negativity.

We would make about thirty more trips to Escalante Canyon, our new winter climbing home, over the next couple years. Mark was as fun to drive in the car with, as he was to climb with. He was what mountain folk would call always psyched. He had a childlike lust for life. I was an old, tired soul in need of a friend like Mark.

Say a prayer for those you love and everyone else. That’s what I’ve written on my sleeping pad, and the last words I read before going to bed. The first person I pray for lately is my friend Mark Grundon.

I’ve spent so many cold, lonely winters without climbing in the heart of the Colorado Rockies I guess I deserved this one; a winter when I escaped to Indian Creek, Utah, the crack climbing Mecca of the world as often as I could.

One of the joys of living in Spain for me is my ability to rock climb throughout the year, particularly in the winter months,..

High altitude trad climbing on multipitch basalt on the edge of Mexico City!

To celebrate the launch of the show, The Outdoors Show has given us 10 pairs of tickets to give away to 10 lucky readers.

My climbing friends and I would spend the long summer days at Taylor Falls, Mn. climbing the humble rocks, turning even the smallest problems into great adventures.

Conditions in the winter were far from ideal for buildering in Normal; ice and snow made climbs more difficult and cold temperatures made it harder to grip holds with numb fingertips. But it made sense during the winter.

In the deep of the twilight, the night, buzzed on something, spirits, smoke, the usual, a change occurs: an athletic alchemy, different urges, some of the chances and opportunities of the night have passed, with no possibility of getting laid, you’ve stayed up too late to get really good sleep, some sense to experience more, and not just sit around and talk about things

Trad sandstone climbing in the central Europe.

The final part of the Go West Young Man article series. The climbing and the adventures continue with the freedom mobile and it's trek across the U.S

The Freedom Mobile continues it's trek through the country, this time heading to California, with Joshua Tree and Yosemite in it's sights.

Luke Mehall returns with another epic tale of adventure, starring 'The Freedom Mobile'. From Utah, to Nevada to California and all that is in between.

Can’t hold on, fingers raw and pink Pumped out forearms, another project red-point Heel hook madness, knee drop determination. Climbing in Korea, body and soul exhilaration. And this is it. The climbing offered in South Korea is vast and varied. The rocks themselves entice you and lure you into the community of limestone crushing, granite slab-walking fanatics. For all those people still wandering the globe in search of a place to call home, Korea has more than just rocks and wonder to offer.