The Emergency Medical Services emphasis within the College of Health holds many emergency medicine courses, including one class called "Advanced High-Angle Rescue Techniques and Theory," which...

  National Geographic's latest documentary “Torn” is an intimate look into the life left behind by the “world’s greatest climber” Alex Lowe after his tragic death in an avalanche. In...

  Pleasant Salt Lake City weather is giving everybody the motivation needed to search for outdoor activities. It's lucky we have within our reach several moderate, yet fulfilling, hikes and walking...

There’s a scale that people use when recreating to describe the amount of pain that will accompany their fun. Type 1 describes activities that are awesome in the moment and enjoyable to think about...

The Daily Utah Chronicle published an article in October 1983 about a young man named James Brimley who tried to scale the Union building by himself and without the assistance of a safety rope. Brimley,...

Sometimes vacations call for real solitude. You want “getting away” to mean something different than heading to a resort or hotel filled with other tourists. Luckily for those of us living in Utah,...

  The wind burned my lips. Snow blurred out the peak, and the guides waiting at the end of the trail weren’t all that visible either. For a moment, it was easy to imagine myself alone — just...

  When I first started rock climbing, I had no idea what I was doing. My friend and I decided one day that we needed a new hobby, so we went out and bought some shoes, a couple of harnesses, a rope,...

  A bouldering mecca sits just three hours south of Salt Lake City. Joe’s Valley is nestled in the hills immediately west of the sleepy town of Orangeville and contains a high concentration of...

  The Salt Lake Craggin’ Classic, taking place Sept. 6 to 7, aims to prove Alta is for more than just skiers. This year marks the second annual climbers event, put on by the American Alpine Club...