When you're eying up a climb, assuming it's a line that's been done before, first and foremost it's worth knowing a couple of things. One: is the climb actually any good? Routes are usually given some ...

Rock climber Levi Waters knows how problematic — and dangerous — it can be if a rock climber doesn’t know the difficulty of the climb. Yet there’s no standardization in the industry about how ...

DURHAM, N.H. – [January 31, 2025] – A recent study conducted by University of New Hampshire researchers explored how integrating machine and deep learning techniques can create a standardized system ...

Blaise O’Mara, a Sunapee native who is currently a master’s degree student at UNH, was the lead researcher of the project to eliminate grading bias from rock climbing through the use of deep-learning ...

Rock climbing has never been more popular than it is today, but did you know that only about 48% of people make the transition from an indoor gym to an outdoor climb? One thing I love about the sport ...