Alex Littlechild discusses the art of progression through challenge and how to create your own chaos, relating this to learning a new and as-yet unreleased model, and utilising the lesser-documented side of Norway’s whitewater as the playgro...

I still have a ways to go with this wrist injury, but I’m happy to be playing on rock again. After this climb, I actually took another month off because I felt my body wasn’t ready to be back on the wall yet. Now, I’m about a wee...

When her vision began to deteriorate, Seneida found solace in climbing. But it wasn’t until she found climbers that she finally learned to open up and accept her disability. This film by Janelle Dransfield and Rachel Ross features Blind Athl...

When you’re paddling whitewater, few features demand more respect than the stopper (also called a hole, hydraulic, or pour-over). They can slow you down, flip you, or even hold you in place. In this lesson from our Reading and Understanding the...

“Blasted into existence by quarrying in the early 2000s, this line was shaped by human intervention—but its beauty was pure chance. When the late Adriano Trombetta and Marzio Nardi bolted it, they couldn’t have predicted that the rock fractu...

High in Japan’s Northern Alps, a team of English and Japanese athletes fast-pack the Kamikochi, Yarigatake, and Hotaka Circuit, following the routes once walked by the monk Banryu, the ‘father of Japanese alpinism’.

For climbers, strong shoulders are only part of the picture – good mobility is what keeps you healthy and moving efficiently on the wall. In this video, Steve Bechtel shares his top 3 shoulder mobility drills, showing you exactly how to buil...

After a life-changing journey on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2023, “Yeehaw” returns to the wilderness—this time on the unforgiving Continental Divide Trail. But he quickly learns the CDT doesn’t care about your past triumphs. From...

In March 2024, a team of nine The North Face athletes from around the globe gathered in Bariloche, Argentina to explore the climbing, community and culture. There, they bolted lines, scrambled up spires and sought opportunities to learn from each ...

65 miles of your favorite paddlers favorite whitewater. This canyon is known as “ the mt Everest of whitewater”, and lives up to the name. While it may not be considered that by the top paddlers these days, it is still a giant milestone in many pa...