The use of wearable computers is certainly on the up, and that's exactly where the Whipper will be headed if its rock-climbing creators have their way. The activity tracker monitors users' performance ...

How many climbing focused fitness trackers can you name? Well, there’s none. So step forward Whipper, a Fitbit Zip looking device that clips onto your harness and coach you to be become a better ...

Free-climbing protection is more versatile than ever. We have cams, ultra-light cams, tri cams, hexes, aluminum nuts, brassies, bird beaks, and more. But ice screws? Shoved into sandstone pockets?

Launched on Indiegogo earlier this week and funded in one day, the Whipper is an activity tracker designed specifically to track the metrics that rock climbers care about: vertical feet climbed, ...

Readers, please send your Weekend Whipper videos, information, and any lessons learned to Anthony Walsh, awalsh@outsideinc.com. This is a great clip of Aidan Bennetts displaying full commitment on ...

Summertime dry-tooling, anyone? Sure, there’s warm, hand-friendly rock to climb out there (with no medieval instruments to gouge or lacerate you), but ice-climbing season is just around the corner, so ...