What goes up must come down. You may be aware that down climbing is much more difficult and time consuming than climbing upwards, as well as sounding a little contradictory. This is because it's much ...
Through years of experience, you've learned how to safely ascend a multi-pitch route and descend via the walk-off or rappel. But what if your partner gets injured on the climb or descent? Or what if ...
Most climbers agree on one thing: rappelling is terrifying. While the concept of using a rappel device to descend a rope is simple, in practice it requires the utmost attention to detail. This proves ...
You may see people rappelling off of a downtown Columbus building on Friday. "Over the Edge," an annual fundraising event raising money to end child sex trafficking, will again take place Friday at ...
Warrenton, Ore. - "Safety is the number one priority," nearly 50-Soldiers from across the country were told while attending Oregon's annual summer Rappel Master Course, held June 10-14, 2018 at Camp ...
They've done the Valentine's Day dinner. They've exchanged gifts. It's time for something different. Anne and Scott Frazier want that hearts-aflutter, pulse-pounding, walking-on-air sort of feeling.
As the old saying goes, "If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?" No? Well, would you jump off a building? What if it was for a good cause? If your answer to that last question ...
Sometime Thursday afternoon, Tommaso Ciampa will stand on the roof of the Hyatt Regency, 428 feet above International Drive. Then, with only a few ropes and harnesses to hold him, he’ll step off, and ...
Want something different to do Saturday? How about rappelling down the side of a downtown Yakima landmark for a good cause? Going down the four stories of the Liberty Building at 32 N. Third St. on ...