It’s time to buy a climbing rope, and you’re starting to feel overwhelmed. Static? Dynamic? What does it all mean? What is measured in millimeters? DOES size matter? All of these questions and more ...

Staff members sit near some the top rope and lead climbs at the new Movement gym in the Design District in Dallas. Liesbeth Powers / Staff Photographer There’s a new rock climbing gym in town, and ...

Climbers still need a hydraulic boom lift to reach the highest point of Freestone Climbing Gym’s six-story rope room, but the days of human-powered ascent are getting nearer. “We’re open,” gym owner ...

Lead climb instructor Jospeh Ibarra of Richardson ascends a vaulted wall at Movement Gym, a climbing, yoga & fitness center, in the Design District of Dallas, August 21, 2025. Ibarra joined a friend ...