The Pro Climbing League (PCL) is a professional competition climbing league, with its first event scheduled for 28 February 2026 in London. Olympic gold medalists Toby Roberts and Janja Garnbret plan to compete in the league.
The league features "head-to-head" competition bouldering, where two climbers will attempt identical side by side routes at the same time. Each pair will compete head-to-head on three different routes, with four minutes per route. Each PCL event will have eight climbers and three rounds, where the winner of each pairing advances to the next round until there is a single winner. Co-founder Danaan Markey stated the format is intended to increase pressure and excitement, and "reward creativity and intuition just as much as raw strength". This format is distinct from competition bouldering events organized by World Climbing or at the Summer Olympics, where athletes individually attempt multiple boulders, and the winner is determined by total boulders completed or partially completed and number of attempts. French magazine PlanetGrimpe speculates the head-to-head format is intended to be more straightforward for a general audience, and easier to broadcast on television.
The league will be broadcast by Red Bull TV.
The first edition will be held at Magazine London with 16 competitors, eight men and eight women. 14 of the participants are invited, with the final two spots determined by a qualifying event in January.