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 ...

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From the bottom of a cliff, rock climbing seems an improbable, if not downright insane, pursuit. The stakes are too high, the ropes too thin, the risk of falling too great. Then again, runners ...

With the invention of the laminated-foam climbing harness, hanging after a fall or during repeated long rappels has become almost tolerable. Firm but conforming, foam greatly reduces the pinching and ...

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (CBS SF) - A Novato man who was hiking with his wife died Tuesday while rappelling down a canyon in Zion National Park in Utah. Yoshio Hosobuchi, 74, apparently died when his ...