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National Park Service kills controversial plan to ban climbing bolts in wilderness areas

sought to allow local land managers to classify anchors as ‘permanent installations’

December 19, 2024 • Jason Blevins — The Colorado Sun

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Durango alpinist Kurt Blair presumed dead on New Zealand peak

‘He was living his dream,’ sister said of the 56-year-old climber

December 3, 2024 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

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Experienced climber falls 800 feet to his death on ridge near Telluride

21-year-old man from Arizona is second person to die while hiking in Colorado this week

July 26, 2024 • Olivia Prentzel — The Colorado Sun

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Lou Whittaker, among the most famous American mountaineers, has died at age 95

A search team led by Lou Whittaker, left, begins its ascent of Mount Rainier, in Wash., in 1981. Whittaker, a…

March 30, 2024 • By GENE JOHNSON — Associated Press

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Forest Service, Park Service rock climbing proposals worry both climbers and wilderness advocates

guidance from federal land managers seems to require an inventory and review of all existing bolts and fixed anchors in…

November 18, 2023 • Jason Blevins — The Colorado Sun

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Youth climbers ascend on Durango for first Gravity Lab competition

A personal journey buoyed by camaraderie and cheering

November 11, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

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Famed CO climber recounts rescue from peak near Silverton

Roach, 79, has written guidebooks on climbing the state’s highest peaks

August 15, 2023 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

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Durango youth lend helping hands to erosion project

sets of stone stairs created and 90 cubic feet of rock reshaped at popular climbing spot

August 15, 2023 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

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‘Dirtbag with technology’: Luke Mehall on the counterculture within climbing

Durango-based business owner reflects on his work as a climber, steward and writer

October 29, 2022 • Reuben M. Schafir — Herald Staff Writer

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Colorado climbers who summit buildings instead of mountains

climbing, called buildering, has a rich history, especially on college campuses, dating back to the mid-1900s

October 20, 2022 • Lorea Zabaleta — The Colorado Sun

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Durango rock climber rises above MS diagnosis, bringing others with him

Colorado Timberline Academy’s Ian Altman defies personal odds while living life to the extreme

September 26, 2022 • Tyler Brown — Herald Staff Writer

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Authorities identify Colorado man who fell to death in Chicago Basin

Plata County Search and Rescue spent parts of Monday and Tuesday recovering victim’s body

August 16, 2022 • Shane Benjamin — Herald Staff Writer

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Latinx Outdoor Initiative climbs Telluride Via Ferrata

Telluride guide service joins Sheep Mountain Alliance and community partners in taking action toward equity in the outdoors

July 28, 2022 • Durango Herald — Staff Report

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Alaska’s Denali is finally open to guided skiing, and you have a Colorado company to thank

rules were written with the expectation that mountaineers would stay roped, walking uphill and down

July 4, 2022 • Elizabeth Miller — The Colorado Sun

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Everest team sets a standard. Is the next generation watching?

Full Circle Everest team included Denverite Thomas Moore, Lafayette teacher Eddie Taylor and Cortez leader Philip Henderson

June 7, 2022 • Jason Blevins — The Colorado Sun

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Ouray Mountain Rescue Team wins national award

Dramatic rescue of an injured climber on Mount Sneffels in July won the most votes

May 6, 2022 • Jim Mimiaga — Journal staff writer

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Cortez man leads historic Everest expedition

Henderson heads first all-Black team to attempt the summit

May 5, 2022 • Jim Mimiaga — Journal staff writer

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Injured climber rescued at Ouray Ice Park

hit in head by falling debris; technical rope rescue performed

March 2, 2022 • Jim Mimiaga — Journal staff writer

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Ouray Ice Park set to open in late December with full slate of events

Climbing area seeks to bounce back after rockfall destroyed a bridge, water infrastructure in March

November 16, 2021 • Aedan Hannon — Herald Staff Writer

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Missing Durango man found dead on Blanca Peak

Fetzer was a nurse at Mercy Regional Medical Center and an experienced mountain climber

September 28, 2021 • Christian Burney — Herald Staff Writer

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Hiker rescued off El Diente Peak in Southwest Colorado

Durango man, stranded on cliffs, spends night on mountain

September 16, 2021 • Jim Mimiaga — Journal staff writer

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Pikes Peak ‘bolt war’ pits iconic climbers against each other on America’s Mountain

Longtime climbers are removing fixed protection installed by author of new guidebook

August 10, 2021 • Jason Blevins — The Colorado Sun

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Volunteers blast away offensive graffiti from Durango climbing area

X-rock, a popular crag, was hit with vulgar, racist images in June

August 10, 2021 • Shannon Mullane — Herald Staff Writer

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Man rescued from Mount Sneffels after injury from fall

Helicopter extraction took place at 13,700 feet

August 3, 2021 • Jim Mimiaga — Journal staff writer