Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:00:00 -0800

Students at West Shamokin Junior Senior High School soon will be dangling 20 feet above the floor of the gym and holding on as tight as they can while they scale the school's new rock-climbing wall.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:01:00 -0800

Do you love the sheer exhilaration that comes from climbing rocks and ice? Perhaps you are just thinking about taking up the sport. Either way, you'll want to clear your calendar for the 1st Annual Rock and Ice Festival set to go down in February 2012.

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:53:13 -0800

Vertical Dreams owner Corey Hebert holds the rope for employee Mike Spidaliere as he scales a rock wall inside the new climbing center in Nashua. Go to www.nashuatelegraph.com and watch a video to see how fast he can climb to the top and back down. You'll be amazed!

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:19:23 -0800

In the flatlands of Central Indiana, a Bloomington businessman is developing one of the largest indoor rock-climbing facilities in the country.

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:29:45 -0800

Karen Masson, left, and Cass Perkins ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway past a rock wall covered with ice north of Asheville last week. / John Fletcher/Jfletcher@citizen-times.com

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:47 -0800

A search is under way for a 30-year-old British man who has been seen going overboard from the world's biggest cruise ship.