Many details about what led up to the fall still aren’t known, said Cristina Woodworth, who leads the sheriff’s search and ...

SEATTLE – Three King County residents fell to their deaths while climbing in the North Cascades over the weekend, while a ...

A rock climber who fell hundreds of feet descending a steep gully in Washington’s North Cascades mountains survived the fall ...

Three climbers from Renton, Washington, died over the weekend after falling during a climb in North Cascades National Park.

The man, suffering from internal bleeding and head trauma, not only survived the 400-foot fall but was able to trek to his ...

For the first time since the fall that killed three, the 38-year-old Seattle man spoke by phone to an Okanogan County search ...

As they climbed down, the four attached their ropes to a piton — a metal spike pounded into rock cracks or ice and used to ...

One of the most important safety procedures that one can do before climbing is tying into the rope and anchor system properly. The knot that is most commonly used for tying into a harness is the ...

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Rock climbers secure themselves by ropes to anchors, such as pitons or other climbing equipment. The ropes are intended to arrest their fall if they should slip, and typically climbers use backup ...

Rock climbers secure themselves by ropes to anchors, such as pitons or other climbing equipment. The ropes are intended to arrest their fall if they should slip, and typically climbers use backup ...