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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The National Park Service is killing a controversial plan that would have allowed local land managers to ban climbing anchors in wilderness areas. The agency on Wednesday said it was ending a nearly ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... We humans want the most out of life, so why shouldn’t we push to get more of what we want? That’s what some rock climbers must be thinking. They want to ...

Climbers from around the world come to Utah to scale the sheer granite walls in Lone Peak Cirque and American Fork Canyon, often relying on hangers bolted onto the rock to protect them from ...