Climbing bolts are permanent anchors driven into a rock face to be used by sport climbers for attaching gear that would protect them in case they were to fall. The petroglyph site was discovered ...

The bolts appear to be a typical climbing anchor used to safely descend or to continue up a large rock face ... The bolts were removed, but archaeologists said the 2,000-year-old petroglyph was ...

The bolts appear to be a typical climbing anchor used to safely descend or to ... The bolts were removed, but archaeologists said the 2,000-year-old petroglyph was permanently damaged.

"These policies are of detrimental impact to the safety and future of American rock climbing, and would classify fixed anchors as “prohibited installations” in Wilderness areas," wrote the ...