Vertical horizons: our national parks contain the most stunning arenas available to rock climbers anywhere, and preserving these natural areas poses an even bigger challenge than climbing them. Rangers and climbers have done much to bridge the gaps that once separated their camps, but the healing's not over yet.(Joshua Tree National Park)

From: National Parks | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

As campers prepare their morning coffee deep within the shadows of Yosemite Valley, rock thousands of feet above them carefully double-check their equipment as they continue their ascents--fingers jammed into cracks, rock shoes searching for purchase, inching ever upward. Elsewhere, as Native Americans make their way to the base of Devils Tower National Monument to worship, climbers rappel down the sides of the popular Wyoming monolith. Meanwhile, in California's Joshua Tree National Park, small groups of climbers test their mettle and stamina on countless rounded boulders, ...

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