• Consolation Prize (By Hugh Ward) - Two adventurous climbers seeking a first ascent , get benighted, skunked, and a little consolation prize tossed in.  (Australia)
• Echo Crack and Cracked Egos (By Anton Korsun) - ​​Anton and his mate Zac had a plan - Echo Crack, a classic and challenging John Ewbank four-pitch trad climb in the Blue Mountains of Australia - but their plan got foiled again, and again, and again... Anton weaves an entertaining tale about the quest for a climb and the photos to accompany it.
• Email From Italy (By Tony McKenny) - "Hi All, Having a lovely time, wish you were here :-). The Dolomites of Italy are sensational, more rock than you can poke a stick at... and accessible too - apart from the queues on the popular routes. But they can still bite your bum, as we found out, nearly to our cost. You know accidents can be made up of small incidents. It's like the gaming machine, three lemons means you have hit the jackpot and are in deep shite..."
• I Like Fake Cracks (And I Cannot Lie) (by Jeff Smoot) - ​"It seems like there’s always some weirdo at the climbing gym who, despite the efforts of some poor route setter who’s labored for hours to set the holds just so to create not just a climbing problem but a work of art, insists on climbing the cracks. That weirdo is usually me." Author Jeff Smoot likes fake cracks and in this story he shares one or two that actually got him driving across the country to send. 
• Lost Boys Meets Hard Boys (By Henk Morgans) - Lost Boys is a challenging, run-out, big wall climb on a slick and crumbly volcanic monolith in eastern Australia, New South Wales. Two young men decided they want to be the first to climb the route in a day, but the reality of the climb met them head-on. Immerse yourself in a gripping climbing story of two friends who pushed themselves and each other.
  • ​The Lost Boys: The Epic First Ascent of Mount Warning's Wollumbin Shield (By Tim Balla) - The original first ascent article of Lost Boys published in Rock magazine, shared with permission from Vertical Life magazine. 
• Mt. Piddington Classic Climbs Series (Blue Mountains, Australia)
  • Flakes and Shakes: Flake Crack Revisited (By Keith Bell) - ​​Iconic climbs are ones that capture your eye, inexplicably draw you towards them, and are a test piece for climbers across generations. Flake Crack, on Mount Piddington in the Blue Mountains of Australia, is one of those climbs. Look at that photo and see why - now experience the journey.
  • From Yorkshire to Eternity ​(By Keith Bell) - ​Australian author and climber Keith Bell takes us on a journey of the ultra-classic crack climb The Eternity on Mt. Piddington in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney. ​
  • Tombstone Territory (By Keith Bell) - Tombstone Wall is a classic John Ewbank 15 (5.7) on Mt. Piddington in the Blue Mountains of Australia. Keith Bell takes us on a tour of this fine line. This is the last article in a three-part series highlighting classic climbs of Mt. Piddington.​​
• Ozymandias Direct - Fifty Years of Fun and Games (A Memoir by First Ascentionist Geoffry Gledhill) - ​Common Climber is honored to have this special 50-year memoir by first ascentionist Geoffrey Gledhill of the mega classic Aussie climb Ozymandias Direct. Geoffrey takes us through his experience on the first ascent, his 25th anniversary ascent, his thoughts on freeing the climb, and his subsequent repeats - including 50 years later.
• The Matterhorn - By Matt Tredway - Ahhh, climbing the Matterhorn in the summer..."A few hikers, seeing the climbing gear on our backpacks, offered warnings: 'The mountain is closed, you should turn back... You can catch the gondola.' That conjured up the movie scene from Vacation, when John Candy, security guard at Wally World, delivered bad news to the Griswald family: "Sorry folks, park's closed!” We had accounted for this, and were prepared we assured them..."
• The Fourth Bolt of Texas Radio ​(By James Crump) - It took a lot to get to that location where a fourth bolt could be placed on the steep, lichen-covered slab... "Drill, hammer, swing, tap and drill, pawing feet and hammering, a three-hit rhythm to the terror. My mind thinks of the beat-chanting roars of a stadium - 'Block that kick! Block that kick!' Paw, drill, hammer, paw, drill, hammer. My calves are burning like a finite resource." James Crump keeps us on the edge of our seat, with details and humor, of his first ascent of Texas Radio - but there is more to that fourth bolt. It sets off a revolution. (Enchanted Rock, Texas)​
• ​Tiptoeing Through Some Bungles (By Keith Bell) - It took a while for author Keith Bell to finally get on the Australian classic climb "Tiptoe." He takes us on the journey, which some might call a "bungle," that finally got him there, as well as the ultimate incredible climbing experience with a good friend. 
• Yosemite Stories:
  • Thumbing The Nose at Mr. C.F. Jingus (By Alex Barlow) - Author Alex Barlow takes us on a big-wall journey up The Nose of El Capitan, where a budding friendship, a failing marriage, and a battle with alcohol, age, and Mr. C.F. Jingus form the backdrop of his climb. 
  • What We Came For ​(By Austin Beck-Doss) - Two young, strong, enthusiastic climbers hit Yosemite for the first time and...get whipped on The Rostrum. A fun, ego-bruising, buddy story I think we can all relate to.