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Rock climbing was born in wilderness, but does its hardware belong there?

Utah Rep. John Curtis’s bill seeks to resolve issue of fixed anchors in wilderness areas once and for all.

(Salt Lake Climbers Alliance) A climber uses special equipment to extract an old bolt on a climbing route on the Gate Buttress in Little Cottonwood Canyon. These bolts secure fixed anchors into the rock, but a debate is swirling over how they should be managed inside wilderness areas. New legislation by Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, seeks to resolve the issue in favor of designating rock climbing as an acceptable use in wilderness.