Overhangs are the most challenging type of formation to climb because it’s like ascending an upside-down roof. Also known as a pinch hold, climbers perform this by “pinching” the rock with ...

“Everyone is so supportive and wonderful, and like, ‘You can do it, Bri,’ and ‘Put your foot there,’” said climber Brienna ... cool to be up high, looking down on the world around ...

“It’s steep, and down climbing steep rock makes it hard to see your feet ... I have seen the consequences of what you look like when you fall 1,000 feet to ground. Those images of death ...