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WORLD CLIMBING GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS ONLINE FOR 23 RD EDITION
48+ min ago (163+ words) High participation marks virtual meeting as streamlined agenda focuses on statutory decisions The 23rd World Climbing General Assembly opened today in a fully online format, bringing together National Federations from across the globe for the organisation's annual institutional meeting. Originally scheduled…...
How Two Dirtbags in Love Made History on Half Dome'and in Climbing Pants
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (1199+ words) The name Royal Robbins holds great weight in climbing. While he passed away nearly a decade ago, climbers remember him for his dedication to free climbing, unshakeable clean climbing ethics, his rivalry with Warren Harding, and his countless first ascents....
Terrifying moment rock climbers get trapped on 100ft ledge on El Capitan
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (195+ words) Three rock climbers in San Diego County were dramatically rescued Tuesday afternoon after becoming stranded on a narrow ledge roughly 100 feet above the canyon floor in a remote mountain area, authorities said. The ordeal began around 2 p. m. , when the San Diego…...
'Doing hard things to create a life that we love': Spokane man prepares to bear crawl entire Bloomsday course
11+ hour, 59+ min ago (370+ words) SPOKANE, Wash. " We are 11 days away from Spokane's Bloomsday race, and this year, one local athlete is preparing to take on the course in a way that has never been done before." "I will be the last person in line,…...
Here's a look at "a day in the life' of a Colorado climbing guide
12+ hour, 48+ min ago (352+ words) By the time 8 a. m. rolls around, Justin Bowers, general operations manager and a senior guide with Front Range Climbing Company, is already checking weather reports, rock conditions, and helping prepare everything else that goes into a rock climbing adventure in Colorado....
Wairarapa rock climber trades cliffs for obstacles " and a shot at glory
19+ hour, 43+ min ago (13+ words) The Post...
This Is How People Die." What It's Like to Climb Without Bottled Oxygen.
17+ hour, 29+ min ago (1530+ words) Hundreds of climbers are in the Himalayas this spring to attempt Mount Everest and the other peaks above 8, 000 meters (26, 000 feet). Very few of them, however, will climb without supplemental oxygen. Stefi Troguet of Andorra is one. Troguet, 33, recently attempted to…...
Carson City Sheriff's Search and Rescue conducts high angle ropes rescue training
15+ hour, 34+ min ago (108+ words) Carson Now Carson City Sheriff's Search and Rescue (CCSSAR) conducted their regular high angle ropes rescue training this last weekend below C Hill in southwest Carson City. CCSSAR does routine training in all areas of Carson City to gain experience…...
Dean Potter Once BASE Jumped Off a Canadian Peak After Climbing a New Route
23+ hour ago (582+ words) Gripped Magazine Dean Potter, one of America's most iconic climbers and the focus of the new docuseries The Dark Wizard, accomplished many never-before-done ascents in the mountains, but few people know about his remote alpine rock first ascent in western…...
Lake Tahoe Mourns 15-Year-Old Climber Noah Wiley Who Died Toproping
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (649+ words) The South Lake Tahoe climbing community is mourning after a local teen, Noah Sebastian Ortega Wiley, fell to his death in a climbing accident. Wiley died on April 9 while toproping at 90 Foot Wall, a granite crag on Lake Tahoe's Emerald…...