Though she works at The Spot, a mostly rope-free climbing gym that caters to boulderers, Alex Steiger has spent a lot of time using auto-belay descenders for climbing at other gyms. “They were my main ...

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A young climbing coach took what could've been a deadly ground fall at Vertical Rock gym in Manassas, Virginia last week. Hector Diffut, 26, fell approximately 30 feet from the top of a 5.11 after he ...

This recall involves TRUBLUE iQ Auto Belay Devices, which enable climbers to safely descend while climbing. The TRUBLUE iQ is gray with blue handles and a gray sash on the front cover. The TRUBLUE iQ+ ...

Logan Wilcoxson, owner of Little Rock Climbing Center, hangs from the cable end of an auto belay system he has installed at his business. LITTLE ROCK — What’re you afraid of? Falling. It’s always ...

GRAPEVINE (CBSDFW.COM) - A woman fell to her death Sunday at the Summit Climbing Gym in Grapevine. It happened at 5 p.m. at the facility located at 1040 Mustang Dr. Witnesses told police the ...

Sometimes you just want to climb to the mountain alone. Firley YMCA, at 525 Ellis Blvd. in Jefferson City, has installed two "auto belay devices" above its climbing walls, said Austin Tucker, the ...