For the love of the crimp: Photos of climbing in Colorado
Tate Jennings looks back at the crowd, needing some encouragement to get her to the top of the boulder in front of her at the Heart of Stone climbing competition in Loveland, Colorado, in September 2026. (Photo by Harley Parsons)
Austin Reitz hangs onto the wall by his heel as he chalks up and gets ready to pull on his heel to make the next move at the Beast Fingers League (BFL) climbing competition at Longmont Climbing Collective in August 2026. (Photo by Harley Parsons)
Ti Schwarz pulls on the underside of a climbing hold and bursts into a smile during the Beast Fingers League (BFL) climbing competition at Longmont Climbing Collective in August 2026. (Photo by Harley Parsons)
Malachi Donahoe soars through the air as his body weight rips his fingers from the climbing holds at the Heart of Stone climbing competition in Loveland, Colorado, in September 2026. (Photo by Harley Parsons)
Harry Miller looks up, only to realize how much farther he has to go on the first men's climb at the Beast Fingers League (BFL) climbing competition at Longmont Climbing Collective in August 2026. (Photo by Harley Parsons)
The audience holds its breath as Malachi Donahoe makes it further than anyone else had at the Heart of Stone climbing competition in Loveland, Colorado, in September 2026. (Photo by Harley Parsons)
Vivienne Cerne gazes upward, contemplating what happened moments earlier on the wall at the Beast Fingers League (BFL) climbing competition at Longmont Climbing Collective in August 2026. (Photo by Harley Parsons)
Fisher (left) and his owner Tobi Lisse rest after a long day of climbing at Carter Lake in Loveland, Colorado, in March 2026. (Photo by Harley Parsons)
