# Benighted: Climber Stories

> Share your scariest benighted climb tale for a chance to be featured.
- Title: Benighted: Climber Stories · Climbing | Shortify
- Summary: Share your scariest benighted climb tale for a chance to be featured. Climbers can submit stories of getting benighted for the Benighted Archive.
- Keywords: benighted, climbing, yosemite, wind river range, pingora peak, shiver bivy, sports, travel, Climber, Stories
- Source: Climbing — https://climbing.com/culture-climbing/benighted-a-call-for-stories
- Author: Maya Silver
- Published: 2026-09-28T09:00:24+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: benighted, climbing, yosemite, wind river range, pingora peak, shiver bivy, sports, travel
## What is benighted?
Getting benighted means an unplanned night on the wall or mountains where mistakes or hazards cause survival challenges.
## Share your benighted story
Climbers can submit tales of getting benighted from any time in the past to share their unique survival experiences.
## Benighted stories archive
Past tales include Yosemite’s 1986 blizzard, Rockies 2000-foot corner, and Pingora Peak rescue in Wyoming.
## How to submit
Submit your story via the Benighted Archive to share your tale of getting benighted for survival lessons.
## Why share?
A former editor said getting benighted should be on every climber’s bucket list for survival stories.
## Key takeaway

Climbers can submit stories of getting benighted for the Benighted Archive.