A debate over the use of fixed climbing anchors in designated wilderness areas has been simmering over the past couple months after federal agencies proposed new guidance that could impact their use.
SEATTLE – Next summer, climbers in the Cascades will not have to fret over fixing an unsafe anchor in order to secure a rope to the side of a mountain. Last Wednesday, the National Park Service ...
Steven Potter is a digital editor at Climbing. He's been flailing on rocks since 2004, has successfully injured (and unsuccessfully rehabbed) nearly every one of his fingers, and holds an MFA in ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mountaineers who have expressed concern over proposed changes to the rules federal agencies use in regulating rock climbing safety equipment in wilderness ...
It’s a question that federal land managers have thought about since the Wilderness Act of 1964, which defined wilderness as areas “untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not ...
In what is being hailed as a momentous decision for climbing policy, US Congress has passed the Protecting America's Rock Climbing Act. Furthermore, the National Park Service has withdrawn its ...
The mountain climbing community is concerned that new rules being proposed by the National Park Service and Forest Service could hinder their sport, making some mountains impossible to scale. The new ...
Federal land managers are seeking comments from the public on policies that would impact how climbers in the Cascades and around the United States interact with rock climbing crags. While land ...
Climbers in western Colorado know the thrill of working their way up the tricky rock faces of desert canyons and mountain crags. But those who enjoy practicing the sport in remote areas worry they ...
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