Over the past year, I have joined the rapidly increasing community taking up climbing: whether at indoor gyms or outdoor ...

Rock climbers who have expressed concern over proposed changes to federal regulations affecting climbing safety equipment in wilderness areas got some powerful allies this week when more than a ...

The sole survivor of a rock climbing accident that killed three others in Washington state's North Cascades National Park is in satisfactory condition—a fact that's nothing short of "miraculous ...

Separately, Congress passed the Protecting America’s Rock Climbing Act on Thursday, which declares that fixed anchors used by climbers to ascend and descend rock walls — including bolts ...

Lead climbing is one of a number of different types of climbing. This discipline of climbing can take place on rock, ice or indoor climbing walls. If you've been watching the Olympics sport ...

Rock climbers secure themselves by ropes to anchors, such as pitons or other climbing equipment. The ropes are intended to arrest their fall if they should slip, and typically climbers use backup ...

Climbing bolts technically constitute "fixed climbing anchors," but are often referred to simply as bolts because most are, in fact, bolts in rock. Bolt anchors are threaded steel studs of either ...

Rock climbing is a full-body challenge requiring strength, agility and endurance. Crafting a focused rock climbing workout routine can dramatically improve your performance, whether you're scaling ...

Authorities in Utah are searching for whoever banged climbing anchors into the site of an ancient outdoor engraving carved by Native Americans nearly a millennium ago. The bolts — which climbers ...

JD Borgeson, left, and Shelby Matussak discuss the climbing routes they have installed on the cliffs east of River View Park. Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in North Little Rock.

Many climbers say, even if some anchors are removed, people will still scale rock walls and just leave their own gear behind or try and climb down without it. Camenzind says he doesn't want people ...

Separately, Congress passed the Protecting America’s Rock Climbing Act on Thursday, which declares that fixed anchors used by climbers to ascend and descend rock walls – including bolts ...