Authorities in Utah are searching for whoever banged climbing anchors into the site of an ancient outdoor engraving carved by Native Americans nearly a millennium ago. The bolts — which climbers ...

The bolts appear to be a typical climbing anchor used to safely descend or to continue up a large rock face. Now the BLM is seeking public assistance in identifying those responsible. The ...

"These policies are of detrimental impact to the safety and future of American rock climbing, and would classify fixed anchors as “prohibited installations” in Wilderness areas," wrote the ...

Climbing bolts are permanent anchors driven into a rock face to be used by sport climbers for attaching gear that would protect them in case they were to fall. The petroglyph site was discovered ...

The legislation also puts to rest a simmering problem within the rock climbing community by officially sanctioning the use of bolts as fixed anchors in wilderness areas. This became an issue ...

Authorities in Utah are asking the public to help it determine who damaged a petroglyph panel with illegally installed climbing bolts. The bolts were found east of Jensen in Uintah County on what ...

The bolts appear to be a typical climbing anchor used to safely descend or to continue up a large rock face. Now the BLM is seeking public assistance in identifying those responsible. The petroglyph ...