GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -A group of Mesa County climbers take on the Independence Monument Climb on the Fourth of July. This year, however, the climb was canceled due to nesting falcons. The ...
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)-- Members of the Mesa County Search and Rescue Technical Rescue Team spent the 4th of July climbing up Independence Monument to raise the American flag. The climb has been an ...
When climbers worked their way up airy Independence Monument and planted a flag on its 450-foot-high top on Saturday to mark the Fourth of July, they were following a tradition as old as the spire’s ...