I’ve never enjoyed walking into a gym. Growing up as a fat kid, I have enough traumatic memories around exercise to fill several therapy sessions. On top of the shame I had around my body, I also have ...

Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

As a relatively new climber, I look up and think, There's no way I'm getting up this. The limestone arches overhead in swirls of gray and rusty brown. Look closely, though, and it is carved and pitted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meteora is a complex of imposing dark rocks, rising over the settlements of Kalampaka and the picturesque Kastraki village, on the ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — One small step on this rock climbing wall is one brave step for someone with a slight fear of heights. It's one of the many problems you can solve at the Wilkes-Barre Climbing Gym, ...

At the southeastern corner of campus, inside the football stadium, students gather in the afternoons to push the limits of their minds and bodies 32 feet off the ground. The Outdoor Action climbing ...