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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Tribune News Service) — Rappelling, knot tying, and medically clearing a hypothermic casualty were just some of the events taking place during the 2023 D-Series Winter Challenge on ...

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