rappel safety

Climbing is risky, but these six characters took it to a whole new level.

Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community and contributed to climbing.

Turns out, it's pretty easy to make a mistake you know better than to make—but pretty hard to admit having done so.

This simple rig can eliminate one of climbing's causes of fatalities.

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