Between the sounds of crunching dirt and the clinking of carabiners, words of encouragement and laughter filled the air at McDowell Mountain last month. “Everyone is so supportive and wonderful, and ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Climbing in Color, a rock climbing organization in southern Arizona, is celebrating its sixth anniversary by hosting a fundraiser with community support. The non-profit, created ...

Interest in rock climbing is, well, climbing. In recent years, movies, media attention and word of mouth have inspired a surge of people hoping to learn the ropes. Much of the increased traffic is ...

Climbers will find everything from an easy-angled practice cliff to dead-vertical test pieces at this site near milepost 14 on the Catalina Highway northeast of Tucson. It's a wonderland of spires, ...

Tucson is home to a large, zealous contingent of upwardly mobile athletes: rock climbers. For a glimpse inside the climbing culture, we coaxed one avid climber, Braxton Norwood, 26, down from the ...

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