Do you always know the exact length of every rappel? At some point in your climbing career, you will probably encounter a rappel that is unknown but looks too long for your measly single line. Instead ...

There we were atop a 60-foot high clay bank down below Cahawba in Dallas County on a perfect spring afternoon circa 1984. The hooligans that I grew up with figured it was time to learn to rappel. For ...

Ten people with the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) Fire Department completed 40 hours of training in the Ropes Rescue I course for technical rescue. The firefighters completed training on ...

SAN ANTONIO (Army News Service, Jan. 4, 2013) -- The Alamodome is not for the faint of heart, at least when rappelling from the ceiling to the artificial turf, 180 feet below. But nine rappelling ...

BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah – A woman retrieved by search and rescue crews Monday is in serious condition after using a rope that was too short while rappelling. Unified Police Department officials ...

NEW RIVER GORGE — Anyone who knows about the New River Gorge knows of its spectacular views. The views the landlocked get from the rim of the gorge are nothing compared to those seen by those dangling ...