I can’t breathe. I’m exhausted. My heart is beating through my chest. I can’t believe this is happening. I’m sorta freaked out. I’m dangling in mid-air, 50 feet above the ground, swaying in the breeze, hanging from a half-inch-wide rope like a ...

Roca is owned by Karen and Jeremy Schaar, a couple that met through rock climbing 2004. On the Roca website, the couple explain that they took friends and family on trips climbing in places like Devil’s Tower, Zion National Park, and the Black Hills and those experiences encouraged them to open a state-of-the art climbing facility in Rochester.

Rock climbing can be divided into a crazy mess of sub-genres: top-roping, sport, trad, and about a thousand too bizarre to name. But they almost all rely on ropes to catch you if you fall. There is, however, another way: severing the nylon umbilical, and ...

Nathan Creveling was brimming with confidence as he stood beside a 20-foot wall Saturday morning, a thick rope attached to the harness he wore around his midsection. “I can do this,” the 25-year-old from Sinking Spring announced to the small crowd gathered nearby.

Indoor climbing is a fun sport that offers individuals a way to stay fit. Everyone from beginner to expert, ages five and up can experience the exhilaration of mastering the challenge of climbing. Change up your fitness routine or add a new skill by trying ...