On March 25, Climber 1 (31) and Climber 2 (23) were involved in a rock climbing accident at Interstate State Park in Taylors Falls, Minnesota. The accident occurred while rappelling, with both falling from near the top of the cliff. Climber 2 was ...
On December 4, a climber (male, 26) fell above the last piece of gear he had placed on Charlie (5.13b, single-pitch trad) at Chocolate Factory. The route follows a crack in a dihedral. The climber fell while making a dynamic move on the face of th...
In March, Logan Zhang (11) hit a boulder on the ground while cleaning a route in the Motherlode. Logan was using the cable car (a.k.a. tram) method to retrieve his draws, staying clipped to the belayer’s side of the rope, as is common when cleanin...
On March 12, after onsighting Mailbox (5.8, trad) and Rock Wars (5.10a, trad)—both fantastic routes—my friends and I wanted to continue climbing on something easier. We found a climb called Long Wall Chimney (5.7, trad). I (male, 22) racked up and...
On June 20, Peter (65), Vivien (52), and Amy (50) intended to climb Another Greg Lowe Route (5.8, trad) and then top-rope a neighboring 5.10a climb. All three were veteran climbers, with collective experience exceeding 100 years, and all had been ...
On August 8, an unidentified climber fell approximately 40 feet to the ground when the rock beneath his feet collapsed. The climber was scrambling up the 4th-class ramp leading to the first bolt of The Joy of Cholla (5.11d), a one-pitch sport rout...
On June 6, a group (undisclosed number) of climbers preparing for a trip to the Pacific Northwest camped near the Stevens Gulch trailhead for Grays and Torreys peaks. They planned to start early the next morning in order to practice rope and snow-...
In mid-November, “Bill,” a climber in his mid-30s, took a serious leader fall after going off route while attempting a sport route called Power Trip (5.12a). According to a witness, Bill had mentioned climbing 5.12 in the gym but was shaky upon s...
On December 4, a male climber (28) was struck by a falling rock while waiting at the base of the first pitch of Tortoise Scute (5.6), a three-pitch bolted climb. The block was reportedly microwave-sized. Although he survived the initial impact (he...
On July 23, I broke my foot and ankle in two places while belaying another climber. I was working with a nonprofit at a Denver multisport event involving disabled veterans. I set up their mobile climbing wall to use with a gentleman who had had a ...
About 8:20 p.m. on December 4, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call from two climbers who were stuck near the top of Redgarden Wall, the highest cliff in Eldorado Canyon. The climbers, who were from Manitou Springs and Fort Co...
On October 6 at approximately 5:45 p.m., four climbers called 911 to report a fallen male climber, later identified as Scott Dewey, 31 years old, near Rincon Wall in Eldorado Canyon. The climber was alone without a rope, harness, or gear and was p...
I, Beth Sager (40), uneventfully led Chianti (5.8+), a route I had previously climbed. My partner Sylwia followed, and then I rappelled while she waited at the anchor. My friends Jane and Ilyse were on a route next door. I took myself off rappel 2...
On June 12, a woman (57) died after falling 40 feet while climbing indoors. She appeared to have either become disconnected from an auto-belay or failed to clip into it. A police investigation found no fault in the equipment. ANALYSIS Though fat...
On the morning of September 19, Craig Faulhaber (41) fell to the ground while top-rope-soloing Burning Down the Haus (5.13d). This 45-foot, slightly overhanging sport route is located on Haus Rock near Keystone, Colorado. Faulhaber, a climber with...
On May 22, a climber fell approximately 40 feet to the ground while being lowered from The Eighth Day (160 feet, 5.13a). This classic pitch is located on the Project Wall and has chains mid-route for a double-lower or rappels. While the climber wa...
On April 20, my partner Scott and I, Alec Orenstein (37), attempted a ski descent of the northeast face (the “Coors Couloir”) of 14,017-foot Wilson Peak near Telluride. We began our approach via Silver Pick Basin at around 4 a.m. Changing over to ...
On January 29, veteran climbers Tom Bohanon (65) and Wayne McIlwraith (74) experienced a rappelling accident while descending from Chockstone Chimney (WI3) in the Camp Bird Road area. Injuries were thankfully minor. Bohanon and McIlwraith climbed...
On February 1, Michael Levy (31) suffered a broken fibula after taking a leader fall on the second pitch of Bridalveil Falls (3 pitches, WI5+) near Telluride. He and climbing partner Tom Bohanon (65) effected a self-rescue to the nearby access roa...
From a base in the village of Na (4,183m), Elvira Mayol, Pep Roig, Tomeu Rubí, and I acclimatized by exploring the surrounding area and climbing a few low hills, and then attempted Ramdung (5,930m). Tomeu and I reached the summit, Elvira and Pep a...