SMITH ROCK STATE PARK, Ore. -- As Leah May Salerno stood on a narrow perch high above the Crooked River in this Central Oregon state park, preparing to climb a vertical rock wall called "Hello Ki ...

Smith was at the forefront of the birth of sport climbing -- in which climbers clip their ropes to permanent bolts in the rock -- in the mid- to late '80s. About 80 people who were the world's ...

Alan Watts, the father of American sport climbing who's updating his book, "Rock Climbing Smith Rock State Park: A Comprehensive Guide To More Than 1,800 Routes" (Falcon Guides, 2009), offered ...

Although Smith Rock State Park is mostly known as a mecca for rock climbers, the hiking opportunities within the park should not be ignored. And often, the park’s trails can put a hiker in a ...

The first full day of testimony in the trial of a Portland man accused of plotting to commit a mass shooting at a Smith Rock ...

People were rock climbing, hiking, running and walking their dogs while maintaining social distance guidelines. A rock climber belays a fellow climber on the Morning Glory wall at Smith Rock State ...

Samson Garner’s ex-wife testified by video at his trial Friday, offering details about how their marriage had hit rough times ...

After climbing in Yosemite, Adam Ondra travelled to Smith Rocks in Oregon to try some on the country’s most famous sport climbs, developed above all by local climber Alan Watts. Here how he got on.

Smith Rock: then and now Watts transformed climbing in 1980s at state park, but times have changed Mark Morical / The Bulletin Oct 21, 2005 Updated Jan 31, 2020 0 ...

Smith Rock in the Oregon State Park is considered one of the birthplaces of American sport climbing. In the mid’80’s this crag was on everyone's lips as Lycra-clad climbers flocked from all over the ...

Of the roughly 545,000 visits to Smith Rock in 2013, park officials estimate that around 48 percent came for climbing. That’s a whopping 261,600 visits for scaling these orange skyscrapers.