A proposal by federal agencies that could have severely limited the use of fixed climbing anchors in wilderness areas is now ...
Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. Separately, Congress passed the Protecting America’s Rock Climbing Act on Thursday, which declares that fixed anchors used by climbers to ascend and descend rock walls ...
The fate of rock climbing in the U.S. could be determined by outgoing President Joe Biden during his final weeks in office. On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed the Expanding Public Lands ...
Climbing anchors were bolted into the stone near the ... “When you’re scratching the rock like that, you’re physically removing some of the pieces of rock,” Elizabeth Hora, state ...
Fixed anchors are attached on rock climbing routes so climbers can use ropes to protect them from potentially fatal falls. They have been used since rock climbing became a sport more than a ...