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Tower Take Two

By: Bill Urbanski The last time I climbed Devils Tower, which was also the first time I climbed Devils Tower, I was lucky to get down unscathed, and unscorched by the powerful lightning storm that at first hastened then later interrupted our rappel. The harrowing account of my first Devils Tower climbing experience

Earth Treks Self Rescue Seminar: Session 2

In part two of the four part self rescue seminar we began by reviewing the belay escape technique we learned a week earlier. We would soon find out that like the instructor said, The belay escape forms the basis for all the skills to come. The focus of this session was rappel rescue, but in