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 ...

FORT PAYNE, Alabama -- Northeast Alabama must be one of the best places in the country for outdoor adventures. True Adventure Sports takes full advantage of the surroundings. Try a zip line in the ...

February 15, 2007 Atlas Devices’ Rope Ascender is a remarkable new tool that enables "reverse rappelling" up buildings and other vertical surfaces at unprecedented speeds. The device, which is the ...

For Brenda Piña, getting over the windowsill on the 22nd floor of the Milam Building downtown was the hardest part. Once she was dangling against the building on a rappelling line, the rest wasn't too ...

HOUMA -- As night fell Thursday, a Bayou Cane firefighter climbed high into the air on top of the department’s ladder truck. With his colleagues standing in the fire station’s parking lot 30 feet ...