Just exactly what is trad climbing? When I started dipping my toes into mountaineering, I spent plenty of time around hardened rock climbers and started to hear the term, "trad". Having been regaled ...

Kelty Godby says people will often tell him they're afraid of heights and could never go rock climbing. His go-to response? "All climbers are afraid of heights; that's why we're alive." Godby is the ...