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Fixed anchors, which climbers use to get down from rock faces, have been at the center of a year-long fight between climbers, conservationists and the federal government.
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Some senators want the National Park and Forest services to reconsider plans restricting the use of fixed anchors for rock climbing.
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Back in 2020, Rowan Shea was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of cancer that forms in soft tissue. He was 11 years old. Make-A-Wish was not on the family's mind at all. But his mom Jodi said someone she knew reached out to her.
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The National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service are proposing new guidelines to manage climbing in wilderness areas. Much of the focus is on fixed anchor installations, and that has sparked frustration in both climbing and conservation communities.
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Eleanor Davis became the first known woman to climb the Grand Teton in 1923 – a hundred years later, a group of all women summited the peak in her honor. The centennial celebration also brought together a panel of five trailblazing women who shared reflections on other record-setting accomplishments in the mountain range.
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An all-women’s climb of the Grand Teton celebrates the first female ascent of the peak 100 years agoIn 1923, Eleanor Davis became the first known woman to climb the Grand Teton – the second tallest peak in Wyoming. A hundred years later, this all-female group of climbers along with an all-female team of guides were getting ready to summit the peak to celebrate her legacy.
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The country's first national monument has implemented the voluntary closure since 1996 to honor the cultural and religious celebrations of Indigenous peoples, of which 26 tribes hold Devils Tower as significant in their cultural or religious beliefs. It's led to a significant decline in climbers scaling the tower during June among the thousands of visitors that climb each year.
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A legislative package introduced in the U.S. Senate, called America's Outdoor Recreation Act, would invest in recreational areas across the country. It would also updates policies related to outfitter permitting and camping fees, among other things.
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Tensleep Canyon has been grappling with an influx of rock climbers during the summer months over the last few years. That has caused stress on the area's natural resources and controversy around management of the sport. A new management plan meant to address that was scheduled to go into effect next summer but has since been put on hold.
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Sinks Canyon State Park officials are looking at installing a climbing aid to the walls of the canyon to entice more summer climbers. Wyoming Public Radio's Taylar Stagner reports that the Tribes on the Wind River Reservation were not contacted appropriately.