Kate Kelleghan

Outside profile

Kate Kelleghan is a Boulder-based Colorado climber who splits her time between Yosemite’s big walls, Colorado’s front range and backcountry climbing, and European destinations from the Alps to Mediterranean limestone. She worked on the Yosemite Search and Rescue team during the 2023 and 2024 seasons and is most at home on long, committing trad routes around the world.

Books & Media

I Worked for Yosemite Search and Rescue. Here’s What Netflix Gets Wrong (and Right) in ‘Untamed.’

Yosemite climbing legend Kate Kelleghan breaks down the national park crime drama's major discrepancies between TV and reality

Kate Kelleghan

Published: Aug 20, 2025