As an avid rock climber for more than 30 years, my whole approach to life and career has been inextricably linked with my development as a climber. I began in my early teenage years, when my ...

Things got real in lesson three. Most of that session was devoted to belaying, to the critical skill of attaching a rope to a harness and safely supporting a climber up and down. I learned how to use ...

Instructions: Using the terms NASA scientists use, study and describe the rocks. "Luster" is the reflective qualities; "cleavage" is the tendency to break in various directions; vesicles and voids are ...