rock climbing

Northeastern Climbing team president, Brynnydd Hamilton, who studies physics, practices at Central Rock Gym in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

On the Northeastern Climbing Team, it’s never lonely at the top

Every weekend, at gyms across eastern Massachusetts that are hazy with chalk dust, members of the Northeastern Climbing Team can be found scrambling up rock walls. They don’t always make it—at a recent practice the thud of a climber falling onto padded mats on the floor was just part of the soundtrack of the afternoon. But getting to the top isn’t always the point for athletes on this team.

by Molly Callahan March 28, 2021

Eight ways to get involved on Northeastern’s Boston campus

Perform for the Pep Band. Put your strength to the test for the indoor rock climbing club. Build an off-road vehicle.

by Cam Sleeper August 14, 2019

Hang out with the Recreational Rock Climbing Club

Find out what it takes to tackle some of the trickiest walls with Northeastern’s Recreational Rock Climbing Club.

by Cam Sleeper April 4, 2019

Josh Levin, E'17, competes in the Los Angeles finals course of American Ninja Warrior. <i>Photo by Tyler Golden/NBC</i>

Northeastern graduate climbing the American Ninja Warrior mountain once more

Champion rock climber Josh Levin stepped to the platform, moments away from facing the Los Angeles finals course on American Ninja Warrior. The “nerves and…

by Greg St. Martin July 31, 2017

Student climbing his way through American Ninja Warrior

Northeastern student and champion climber Josh Levin zipped through the opening round of American Ninja Warrior. Tonight, he’ll be on campus for a viewing party with the Northeastern community as NBC airs the show’s Los Angeles finals, in which Levin competed. Here, Levin, who’s won nearly 20 climbing national championships, describes how he aced the first American Ninja Warrior course.

by Greg St. Martin July 11, 2016

Northeastern student competes on American Ninja Warrior

Josh Levin, a rising senior and accomplished rock climber, says the NBC show’s challenging obstacle course is harder than it looks. He competed at the Los Angeles qualifier—which will be featured tonight on the Season 8 premiere.

by Greg St. Martin June 1, 2016

Huskies climbing their way to the top

In its first year since forming, the Northeastern Climbing Team has taken the rock climbing community by storm, finishing second in the 2014 national collegiate championships and helping to grow rock climbing on campus.

by Joe O'Connell October 30, 2014