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 ...

JROTC cadets from Permian High School and Odessa High School spent part of their Friday on the wall of the Odessa College Fire/EMS Technology Training Rappel Tower as they trained in basic military ...

U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, rehearse rappelling techniques at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, ...

Search and rescue team members practice rappelling techniques at Arroyo Hondo Bridge. Credit: RLC Photography Members of the Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue (SAR) team spent Sunday training on ...

Rescue instruction was part of $130,000 Homeland Security grant. Friday in 95-degree heat, Cape Girardeau firefighters practiced rappelling from the Southeast Missouri Hospital parking garage, ...

This hefty tome, first published in 1960, was the book that started The Mountaineers Books. Known as ""the climber's bible,"" it covers virtually all aspects of climbing, from choosing equipment and ...

BROCKTON — It's rare that a situation arises in which a firefighter has to jump out of a window. But in the event they ever have to, safety is the top priority. That's why the 13 recruits in the ...