So will it be the early bird or the patient ponderer? Will it be the former Iowa House speaker unstained by flood muck, or the city council member who has been down “in the trenches?” Ron Corbett, ...

Growing up in the country there were many hills to climb. I often became overwhelmed because in my limited life experiences I naively believed the hills would never end. As I grew older, I fell in ...

When I think of things to do outdoors in the winter time, my first thought is always of ice skating. Where I grew up, there was always perfect ice on the nearby pond, and all of the kids in the ...

On Wednesday, my buddy George and I met Laurie Rankin at the trailhead to Slide Mountain, about 8 miles south of the little village of Big Indian. This was to be my third winter hike to fulfill the ...

ANCIENT GAMLA, GOLAN HEIGHTS, ISRAEL >> Rock-climbing in the ‘Gunks outside of New Paltz always has been a sporting target of mine but I never got off my bike to go toe-to-toe with the boulders. And ...

Kids are natural climbers. They instinctively approach obstacles – a boulder, a jungle gym, a big pile of snow – with a desire to ascend. Fast-forward a few years and many of us lose the natural pull ...

CLIMBING -- The Royal Columns climbing area on the Oak Creek Wildlife Area in Yakima County has been reopened since being closed in late April after a basalt column collapsed, the Washington ...

Climbing has been baned on the famous basalt columns in Armenia including Arpa Gorge and Garni Gorge. Up until recently one used to climb on some truly unique rock in Armenia, up hexagonal basalt ...

CLIMBING – The collapse of a basalt column on Friday has prompted the closure of the Royal Columns climbing area on the Oak Creek Wildlife Area in Yakima County, the Washington Department of Fish and ...