Introducing worldclimbing.work
Where the Wall Meets the Press Pass
Climbing competitions have a visibility problem.
Not on the wall — the athletes are extraordinary, the difficulty is mind-bending, and the drama at the top of a boulder problem or in the final seconds of a lead route is genuinely world-class sport. The problem is documentation. Most competition photography is institutional, functional, serviceable. It captures what happened. Rarely does it capture what it felt like.
worldclimbing.work exists to change that.
What this site is
This is the home base for my competition climbing photography and editorial work. I've spent more than a decade covering IFSC World Cups and World Championships, UIAA events, Olympic qualifiers, and the Games themselves — from Salt Lake City to Seoul, Chamonix to Budapest, Innsbruck to Paris. I shoot as an accredited journalist, a member of IFJ and AIPS, with full media credentials on the floor and at the wall.
That access matters. It's the difference between shooting through a crowd and being ten feet from Janja Garnbret when she sticks a hold no one else in the room can read. It's the difference between a record and a portrait.
The photo portal lets media, federations, and outlets access competition photography directly — full resolution, clearly credited, ready for editorial publication. Every gallery here was shot on-site, at official IFSC and UIAA events, by a credentialed photographer. No stock, no secondhand frames.
But this is more than a photo archive
Competition climbing is a small world with enormous stories inside it. Athletes who train in obscurity for years, then execute flawlessly on the biggest stage in the sport. Officials navigating the tension between tradition and Olympic growth. Route setters who are, quietly, some of the most creative problem-designers in any sport. A climbing community that is genuinely global — and genuinely opinionated.
I've been in those rooms. I've watched finals from the media zone, had conversations in the athlete area, followed the circuit across three continents. There's a lot worth saying about what's actually happening in this sport, and not enough places saying it.
So worldclimbing.work will also publish editorial — opinions, event coverage, and interviews with the people who make competition climbing what it is. Athletes, coaches, route setters, federation officials, photographers, journalists, and others who live and work inside this circuit. No press release repackaging. Real conversations.
Who I am
My name is Slobodan Miskovic. I'm a photographer and journalist based in San Francisco. I've been shooting IFSC events since 2019, with my work published in Gripped, Grimper, and Cosmopolitan FR, and trusted by USA Climbing, the UIAA, FASI, and others. Before climbing took over, I spent years as a street photographer in Bulgaria — that work taught me to find the frame that exists for half a second before it disappears.
Competition climbing gives me that same feeling, at altitude, in front of a crowd.
What's coming
The photo archive is live now, with galleries going back to 2019. The editorial section launches alongside the 2025 competition season — starting with coverage from the IFSC World Cup in Salt Lake City and working forward from there.
If you're a media outlet looking for competition photography, there's a direct licensing contact in the About page. If you're someone in the climbing community with a story worth telling, I'd like to hear from you.
The season is already underway. Let's get to work.
— Slobodan Miskovic worldclimbing.work