Sustainable rock climbing belongs in Wilderness areas

Climber Lynn Hill surveys her options Yosemite's Half Dome in the 1970s in "Valley Uprising." — Climber Lynn Hill surveys her options Yosemite’s Half Dome in the 1970s in “Valley Uprising.”

By Lynn Hill | Guest Commentary

PUBLISHED: June 26, 2023 at 5:01 AM MDT | UPDATED: June 26, 2023 at 5:03 AM MDT

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Let��ap embrace the nuts-and-bolts policies and spirit of adventure that helped create a broad coalition of public lands advocates. Let��ap support our federal representatives working to make it happen. Let��ap pass the Protecting America’s Rock Climbing Act.

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Lynn Hill: Neguse and Hickenlooper can protect America’s rock climbing — and its Wilderness Areas, too

Neguse’s act would allow future generations of climbers to explore as I did

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