Duane Raleigh

Updated November 14, 2025 11:03AM This article was originally published in Climbing No. 139, August/September 1993, under the title “Withering Heights.” The rules and regulations of climbing in Arches National Park have evolved since the ‘90s—review the National Park Service’s website before heading out.—ed. You don’t need much of a reason to bail off a wall.

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. You can read the full tribute to Climbers We Lost in 2024 here. Stewart M. Green, the “Fred Beckey of adventure guides,” embarked on his final adventure on June 4. He was 71. Green provided legions of climbers with routes to climb, but his books and photos will be his enduring legacy. Green penned and photographed some 45 to 70 books (the precise count is unknown).

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. This story, originally titled “The Learning Curve,” appeared in our 2024 print edition of Ascent. You can buy a copy of the magazine here. The three-story house blasted out of the limestone cliff had been built by a mad doctor, said someone in our group. “This is where he experimented on people and took drugs,” someone else said.