Stay Safe Climbing
Climbing is dangerous. Learn how to keep your partners and yourself safe when you go climbing.
Climbing Safely is Your Responsibility
Read this before using any other page here. Climbing safely is your responsibility. Stay safe climbing by exercising good judgment and by knowing the limitations of your skills, ability, and experience.
Read this before using any other page here. Climbing safely is your responsibility. Stay safe climbing by exercising good judgment and by knowing the limitations of your skills, ability, and experience.
10 Tips for Safe Climbing
Climbing is dangerous. You need to do everything you can to mitigate the effects of gravity and falling. Your life depends on it. Beginner climbers are most vulnerable to accidents. Read these 10 tips to stay safe while climbing.
Climbing is dangerous. You need to do everything you can to mitigate the effects of gravity and falling. Your life depends on it. Beginner climbers are most vulnerable to accidents. Read these 10 tips to stay safe while climbing.
Summer Rock Climbing -- Avoid Heat-Related Illnesses
It's summer and it's hot and you want to go rock climbing. Follow these 5 hot tips to stay safe and cool on the rocks and to avoid heat-related illnesses like heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
It's summer and it's hot and you want to go rock climbing. Follow these 5 hot tips to stay safe and cool on the rocks and to avoid heat-related illnesses like heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
Do a Buddy Check When Climbing
Use the buddy system when you go climbing to keep safe. Buddies look after each other on the rock, check and double-checking knots, harnesses, and safety systems. Follow these 5 tips before leaving the ground to stay safe climbing.
Use the buddy system when you go climbing to keep safe. Buddies look after each other on the rock, check and double-checking knots, harnesses, and safety systems. Follow these 5 tips before leaving the ground to stay safe climbing.
Never Trust a Single Anchor
A rock climber falls while rappelling at the Garden of the Gods when an old anchor bolt breaks. Read an analysis of the accident and the lessons to learn from it.
A rock climber falls while rappelling at the Garden of the Gods when an old anchor bolt breaks. Read an analysis of the accident and the lessons to learn from it.
How Safe is Climbing?
How safe is climbing? A recent study of data from emergency rooms across the United States says climbing is pretty safe. Read here about the surprising findings.
How safe is climbing? A recent study of data from emergency rooms across the United States says climbing is pretty safe. Read here about the surprising findings.
Sport Climbing Safety
What you need to know to have a safe sport climbing experience, including belaying, lowering, setting up anchors, and rope management.
What you need to know to have a safe sport climbing experience, including belaying, lowering, setting up anchors, and rope management.
Your Top-Rope Chain of Safety
Learn here about your top-rope chain of safety; the parts of the chain of safety; and the serious business of top-rope anchors.
Learn here about your top-rope chain of safety; the parts of the chain of safety; and the serious business of top-rope anchors.
Avalanche Awareness
Learn all about avalanche safety and precautions at the National Snow and Ice Data Center's website.
Learn all about avalanche safety and precautions at the National Snow and Ice Data Center's website.