KIRO TV says that rappelling is a rock-climbing technique used to descend a vertical surface, like a wall or cliff, by sliding down a rope. It’s a controlled descent where the rope is anchored ...

The 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan was conquered ... none before Honnold have done the climb without a rope or any safety gear. Called the “greatest feat of pure rock climbing ...

Last July, around closing time at the pier, the climbing wall’s operators put George into a harness but didn’t attach the rope ... And child safety is a zero-tolerance profession,” Levin ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officer Lucas Martin got a call after ice climbers in Lake City noticed the elk entangled in the rope near an ice wall. Martin was joined by other CPW officers to help ...