After summiting, it's easy to feel like the challenge is over and all that remains are a few simple raps. Your situational awareness and risk perception change, distracting you from the necessary ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 100 people are rappelling 26 stories down the side of the Chase Tower on East Broad Street in downtown Columbus on Friday. They are raising money to help girls who are ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – There is a little over a week until the Boy Scouts of America’s Annual 21 Stories for Scouts fundraising event. It’s an opportunity for people to rappel 240 feet down Rochester’s ...

Faith Malton takes her foot from the top tier of her stepladder and swings it over the balcony’s edge. She can see the ground beneath her, 21 stories down. But she’s not scared. She takes a deep ...

DURYEA, Pa. — Patrick Quinn was a senior in high school when he first got into rock rappelling. The 55-year-old hasn’t done it in years, but this year seemed like the perfect time for the ...

Specialized teams from the Greeley fire and police departments combined their skills in a rappelling training exercise on Wednesday.Greeley fire’s technical rescue team and the police department’s ...

Before you head out for rappelling in Maletsunyane Gorge, make sure you have the right gear. A helmet, harness, and sturdy ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – “Over The Edge at ONE DAYTONA” got a little edgier than planned on Friday, only adding to the adventure for that ol’ thrill seeker Rusty Wallace. Winds in the 20-mph range made ...

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