Master the Alpine Butterfly Bend and enhance your rope-handling skills! This tutorial demonstrates the proper technique, ...

Learn how to tie the Alpine Butterfly Loop — a strong, dependable knot for creating a fixed loop in the middle of a rope.

If you can climb a ladder, you can climb a 50-foot rock wall. So says Link Neimark. At first, you’ll be skeptical. You’ll trek out into the wilderness, up bumpy back roads and through the underbrush.

Lead climbing is one of a number of different types of climbing. This discipline of climbing can take place on rock, ice or indoor climbing walls. If you've been watching the Olympics sport climbing ...