For this list, we found a number of actors, actresses, and musicians who actually put on the gear and scaled a rock face.

Last February, Leland Nisky, a professional climbing guide, was nearing the top of The Ribbon, a 600-foot ice climb in Ouray, Colorado. As he swung an ax into the ice near the top of the climb, a massive slough avalanche came surging out of nowhere, swamping him in a deluge of snow. One minute he [...]

From teetering rock towers to free-standing ice pillars, the United States is home to some truly heart-stopping climbs. Here are a few of the country’s wildest lines.   Ancient Art (5.10) Where it is Every year, locals mutter that this spindly, freestanding tower of sandstone is going to fall over in a windstorm. And every year, [...]