After summiting, it's easy to feel like the challenge is over and all that remains are a few simple raps. Your situational awareness and risk perception change, distracting you from the necessary ...

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 ...

Climbers are taking aim at a controversial policy that would impact the permanent bolts, slings, and other safety anchors that are located on climbing routes inside designated wilderness. Earlier in ...

Climbing is an important part of the outdoor recreation economy. The $12 billion climbing industry brings tourism, recreational dollars and jobs to communities throughout the United States, but a key ...

Through years of experience, you've learned how to safely ascend a multi-pitch route and descend via the walk-off or rappel. But what if your partner gets injured on the climb or descent? Or what if ...

Don’t know a Belay from a Mono? No worries, we’ve listed most of climbing’s lingo and jargon to guide you through the puzzling maze of climbingspeak. The following list of climbing terms isn’t ...

A new report has detailed some of the key factors that likely contributed to a climbing accident that killed three Seattle-area climbers in the North Cascades. On May 10, Vishnu Irigireddy, 48, Tim ...