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 ...

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 ...

An inadequate setup for a rappel anchor led to the 125-foot fatal fall of Arizona State University student Katelyn Conrad in January, a newly released report shows. The tragic incident, like the ...

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 ...