rock climbing

Marie-Pier Desharnais is shown atop K2 in this July 2022 handout photo. Marie-Pier Desharnais reached the top of K2 - renowned as one of the toughest mountains on earth - becoming one of the only women in Canada to summit the 8,611-metre monolith on the China-Pakistan border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Marie-Pier Desharnais

Mountaineer Marie-Pier Desharnais is among only Canadian women to summit K2

Desharnais describes hours of inclines so steep just the tip of her crampons were holding on

Kira Stewart of Victoria won the women’s division at the Hangout Open hosted by the Hangout Climbing Centre in Duncan on April 8 and 9. (Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen)

Vancouver Island climbers put to the test at Hangout Open

Duncan climbing centre hopes to build on unique competition

A climber is dwarfed by the massive rock face of the Chief in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park in Squamish, B.C., on August 16, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Many Stawamus Chief climbing routes closed after tons of rock tumbles in Squamish

Hot weather suspected cause of collapse at popular B.C. rock-climbing destination

Ascent to peak fitness

Ascent to peak fitness

Indoor climbing benefits, body, mind and soul

Feb 19, 2020

Ascent to peak fitness