Climbing shoes, harnesses, helmets, and belay devices Harnesses, helmets, rock shoes and belay devices are free of charge for use at the climbing wall during top-rope climbing hours. Rock climbing ...

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Alexandr Moroz and Marc Ablovacky wanted to climb Ama Dablam while avoiding the busy normal route, at least on the way up.

Hanging on by his fingertips to an ... In the sport of free soloing, which means climbing with only a powdery chalk bag and rock shoes—no rope, no gear, nothing to keep you stuck to the stone ...

The accident left them stranded without critical items, such as a working communication device, tent, stove and fuel ... lower-angle sections and hard rock climbing on the steeper parts of ...

Our sources included: Liz Thomas wrote the first iteration of this guide when she was a staff writer on Wirecutter’s outdoors team; she started wearing insulated vests as a rock climber in ...

The 47-year-old rock climbing pro first made major headlines thanks to the Oscar-winning documentary, Free Solo, that focused on his ascent of the national park’s El Capitan peak without any ...

She grabs a lanyard attached to her harness and clips it on a gritty rope attached to a bolt hammered into the rock above us ... only be reached via technical climbing or rappelling.

Parks Victoria and the Victorian Government in Australia have announced huge increases in areas banned to rock climbing. According to the Australian Climbing Association Victoria, the new legislation ...

In all honesty, I had my reservations, but they weren't about climbing itself ... as I'd done in my youth when I'd fallen off rock climbs in Colorado. I hadn't fallen in 1996.

And once you've pitched your tent (or parked your RV), you'll have ... provide challenging hiking and rock climbing opportunities for those brave enough to venture into the permit-required inner ...