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Durango’s Sigle ready to relive Eco-Challenge Fiji on Amazon Prime Video

A special story to tell on 10-episode season chronicling ‘World’s Toughest Race’

DATE: Aug 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Durango climber tackles ‘The Naked Edge’ speed record

Wilbur teams with Ebers to set new mark in Eldorado Canyon

DATE: Jun 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Ouray Via Ferrata adds adrenaline to town’s already adventurous spirit

Memorial Day opening was four years in the works

DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

REEL ROCK 14 celebrates climbers

Backcountry experience hosts annual film tour

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Man rescued after fall from El Diente Peak

Climber plunged over cliffs and into snowfields

DATE: Jul 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rescue missions for climbers in Cascade Creek on the rise

Three incidents in past week require emergency response

DATE: Jul 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Alex Honnold unsure of next journey after conquering El Capitan

DENVER – Rock climber Alex Honnold meticulously chalked his hands before pulling himself up to the thin ledge inside the climate-controlled climbing gym. He dangled by his finger tips for a ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Trash Mountain: Abandoned tents add to detritus on Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal – After every party it’s time to clean up and Mount Everest is no different. The record number of climbers crowding the world’s highest mountain this season has left a gover...

DATE: Jun 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Utah climber, 4 others die on Mount Everest

Two Indians, one British, Irish climber died climbing last week

DATE: May 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Climber dies in Colorado canyon fall

BOULDER – A climber has died in a fall in a Colorado canyon. Boulder County sheriff’s officials say the man fell an estimated 100 feet Saturday in Eldorado Canyon State Park. ...

DATE: May 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Free Solo’ film about El Capitan conquest gets TV debut

PASADENA, Calif. – Makers of the “Free Solo” documentary about Alex Honnold’s unaided climb up the rock face of Yosemite’s El Capitan say they would have still made the film if Honnold had s...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming