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Fifth Street

April 21, 2022

Apr 21, 2022

Rock-star rock climber Alex Honnold scales new heights | The Wave In festival promises fresh ideas | Lessons I learned from canoeing the Colorado River | Flying high with acrobats and circus acts at VIVA
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Fifth Street

November 4, 2021

Nov 04, 2021
Confessions of a teenage right-wing extremist | Remembering Wendell Broussard, ‘the dean of Red Rock’ | See Hear Do: A feast of fun fall events for all
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Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics
Spain's Alberto Ginés López climbs during the Sport Climbing men's combined final of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

An 18-Year-Old From Spain Wins The 1st Olympic Gold Medal In Climbing

Aug 05, 2021
Several athletes were tied for first as they began the final climb. The elite climbers faced off in three events, testing their speed as well as their problem-solving.
Desert Companion
Essay
Get a Grip
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Get a Grip

May 01, 2020

After I lost the use of my fingers, my rock-climbing career seemed over. But not the adventure. I had to get back in touch — with a new sense of self, and a new sense of purpose.

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World
Uluru, seen at sunset from a designated viewing area earlier this year in Australia's Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. The sandstone monolith will be closed to climbers permanently Saturday, in a blow to tourists' aspirations and a boon to the aboriginal

Ban Will Soon Keep Climbers From Tackling Sacred Monolith In Australia

Oct 24, 2019
For decades, Uluru's indigenous keepers have watched as visitors tried to scale the massive rock formation that they consider holy. But that's set to change Saturday, when the ban will take effect.
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Crowds Damaging Red Rock, Climbing Group Warns

Dec 27, 2018

A rock climbing advocacy group named Red Rock Canyon outside Las Vegas one of the most threatened climbing areas in the country.

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Sports
Tommy Caldwell uses "tiny razorblade edges" in the rock wall to support his body weight on El Capitan's Dawn Wall.

'It Looked Impossible': New Film Follows Free Climbers Up The 'Dawn Wall'

Nov 20, 2018
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson were the first to free climb to the top of the southeastern face of Yosemite's El Capitan. "It's as sheer and as vertical as the side of a skyscraper," Jorgeson says.
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Strange News
People watch as French urban climber Alain Robert ascends Heron Tower in central London on Thursday.

French 'Spider-Man' Arrested After Scaling London Skyscraper Without Ropes

Oct 26, 2018
A man who has climbed many of the world's tallest buildings has done it again, this time in London.
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Shots - Health News

How To Survive A 10,000-Foot Fall

Aug 24, 2018
Sometimes people who fall great distances survive. How do they get so lucky? Scientists share the secrets of an implausible safe landing.
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Sports
Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold pose for a portrait Sunday at the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Within days, the pair would go on to break their own record twice, including once in under 2 hours.

Landmark Climb: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell Scale El Capitan In Under 2 Hours

Jun 07, 2018
The feat has been compared to the four-minute mile or a two-hour marathon — "but vertically," one climber adds. Still, they beat the impossibly steep odds Wednesday in California's Yosemite Valley.
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Ropeless Yosemite Climber Alex Honnold Now Lives In Las Vegas

Nov 12, 2018

You probably remember last year when a courageous solo climber scaled El Capitan in Yosemite National Park… without ropes.

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Outdoors
Mishaps
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Trails and tribulations

Feb 23, 2016

Tight spaces, terrifying falls, broken bones — and ultimate triumph. Hold on tight as you read this digest of outdoor adventures gone sideways, told by those who lived it

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All things to all people
Gollem
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Zeit bites

Jan 25, 2016

The director of Cockroach Theatre’s The Nether on risk-taking art.

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Asked and Answered
Alex Honnold
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Rock talk: A Q&A with climbing legend Alex Honnold

Jan 11, 2016

The iconic rock climber talks about Red Rock's best route, where his sport goes next and 'living with a certain intention'

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The Two-Way

#NPRreads: Ben Carson's Memory And A 14-Year-Old Rock-Climbing Phenom

Nov 13, 2015
Also this week: a conversation between U.S. and Chinese sailors about pizza and wings (among other everyday topics).
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The Two-Way
Mount Eiger in the Swiss Alps stands at 13,025 feet and is considered one of the most difficult Alpine climbs in Europe.

Climber Could Become 1st Woman To Conquer 'Wall Of Death' Route

Aug 25, 2015
American Sasha DiGiulian is posting vertigo-inducing updates to social media as she scales the north face of Mount Eiger, an infamous Swiss peak.
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Bulletin Board
Night climb
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Local rocks draw international jocks for yearly festival

Mar 30, 2015

It was fun, food and climbing at the biggest-ever Red Rock Rendezvous

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Notes and letters
Stone Temple Zealots
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Notes & Letters

Mar 26, 2015

Let’s think water: In a March story headlined “Real thirst,” Heidi Kyser reported on companies that bottle treated, alkalized Vegas tap water and sell it as a healthful drink, in particular the brand Real Water.

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Onward and upward: A novice climbs at Red Rock

Mar 06, 2015
Here is a photo of me about to ascend Tonto, a 90-foot wall that’s about a five-minute walk from the Willow Springs Picnic Area off the Red Rock Scenic...
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Desert Companion
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Into the wild: An outdoor girl dates in the indoor world

Apr 01, 2011

What happens when an outdoor girl dates in the indoor world? A whole new kind of adventure The desert just wants to be loved The conversation died. My date made a brave attempt to fill the silence.

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