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 ...

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 ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Sept. 25, 2013) -- More than 180 Soldiers took to the skies Thursday, as the rappel exercise of the Warrior Training Center's Air Assault Course was held at Dickman Field. During ...

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 ...

Cape Town, with its stunning landscapes and vibrant city life, is a perfect place for urban rappelling enthusiasts ...

George Etzweiler apologized for not being able to call rappelling down Penn State's Beaver Stadium the most exhilarating experience of his life. A safety crew affixed his harness and attached the ...

At about 1:15 p.m. July 6, Burke County Emergency Communications received a report about a man rappelling Steele Creek Falls, which has become more popular for "canyoneering" in the past few years.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- If you drive down Main Street on Saturday, you'll see people rappelling down the Louisville Slugger Museum. Some people have raised thousands of dollars to help sick children ...