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 ...

I just spent my first day at a weekend rope skills course in Alabama after driving from Greenville, SC. After learning how to ...

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 ...

The rearing pile of granite, tucked a short distance from the road behind a creek in North Cheyenne Cañon, is known colloquially as "the big rappel rock." It's easy to see why. Today, young climbers ...