Women on the Wall is a twice-monthly women-only night at the UMD climbing gym. The instructors are female, and attendance tends to be smaller than at regular open hours, so the atmosphere is less ...

ZANJAN, Iran (AP) In the mountains of northwestern Iran, Farnaz Esmaeilzadeh clings to a sheer rock face, ignoring the dizzying height and icy wind as she searches for the next handhold. The ...

In Women Who Dare: North America’s Most Inspiring Rock Climbers, renowned adventure photojournalist and Salt Lake City resident Chris Noble celebrates women’s athleticism in both word and photo. Noble ...

A female Iranian rock climber, who did not wear a hijab at an international competition in South Korea, has returned to Iran as Iranian groups based abroad raised alarms over her fate back home. Elnaz ...

The second annual Climb 2 Recovery, a fundraiser at Session Climbing, raised $120,000 for Women’s Recovery Services. Santa Rosa’s Session Climbing gym founder and rock climber Kevin Jorgeson scaled a ...

Katherine Cedro didn’t always consider herself a rock climber. The Wayne native embraced the sport when she was in college studying to become a nurse. She would climb on her own indoors, and ...

EL ALTO, BoliviaEL ALTO, Bolivia — When they first started climbing the Andes peaks, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days, it’s the sound of melted water running beneath ...