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Robbi Mecus, 52, was an outspoken outdoors enthusiast who was transgender. She founded the Queer Ice Fest to attract LGBTQ people to winter climbing.

Two federal agencies are considering new guidelines determining where and how rock climbers can install or replace bolts used for rock climbing routes.

Pros, locals and AVSC athletes hit the slopes

PETALING JAYA: The biggest difficulties for climbers when ascending Mount Denali, where a Malaysian mountaineer died, are the physical and elemental challenges, according to the American Alpine Institute.

A climber who works and trains part-time in Tuolumne County recently completed one of the greatest feats in the history of alpinism — climbing high, light, and fast — when

A new policy proposed by federal park officials would allow park managers to remove the gear of climbing routes, worrying the sport's advocates.

By the time a Michigan family court judge issued her Sept. 27 ruling in his divorce, Samson Garner owned little more than two video game consoles, a 2012 Subaru, a

Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty ImagesA rock climber in Oregon was arrested Thursday on attempted murder and other charges after planning what police characterized as a mass shooting at a climbing festival. The suspect, Samson Zebturiah Garner, 39, had three handguns and an AR-15 on his person when he was taken into custody, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said. Police were alerted to Garner’s alleged plot after two acquaintances came forward, saying Garner had told th...

The International Athletes' Forum 2023 concluded here following a two-day meeting, with over 400 representatives discussing topics that will shape the future of sport.Representatives from the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic ...

Chris Warner’s historic achievement was claimed “just for the fun of it”