Wrestling with anonymity Nov 7, 2008
Training can include running, weight lifting with a concentration on finger and wrist strength, climbing rope (hands only) and palming mini-bowling balls that weigh up to 10 pounds. But not every skill can be downloaded. (Albany Times Union)
Police Blotter (Sept. 11) Sep 10, 2008
The Newman School playground was found vandalized Sept 3, with vandals removing a tube slide and burning half of a climbing rope. The vandal needed to remove 20 bolts in order to disassemble the tube slide, apparently using an allen wrench and a pliers-like device. (Needham Tab, MA)
SF Tibet Protesters Arraigned In Federal Court Aug 8, 2008
Two pro- protesters, including one injured in a fall from a climbing rope at the Chinese consulate Wednesday, appeared in federal court in Thursday morning on a criminal charge ... Wangden, who was hanging from the roof of the consulate on a climbing rope, fell 15 feet to a balcony during the protest and suffered a fractured wrist. (NBC 11, CA)
Fair features Philomath High School loggers Aug 2, 2008
When Jenifer Stuart alternately stomps her spurs into the log and flicks the climbing rope around it, she makes it look, if not easy, at least do-able. Stuart, who soon will start her junior year at Philomath High School, is part of a demonstration team from the school showing their stuff during three shows daily at the Benton County Fair this year. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Ship Smackin' Good Jul 20, 2008
Rube Goldberg godmother: Not content to simply smack the side of the ship with a bottle of bubbly, Carnival held the first ship christening to involve Royal Navy divers, a baby grand piano, climbing rope and a classically trained musician - although not necessarily in that order. During a ceremony last week in Dover, England, British singer and pianist Myleene Klass (who didn't actually hold the bottle) played a piano composition on the Lido Deck of Carnival Splendor (2,974 passengers) that was... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Sol Kjk: Book of Swells Jul 13, 2008
Sol Kjok works on designs based on the human body which has been subjected to physical challenges, such as climbing rope, dribbling a ball, posed on the ropes or balls in her studio. The movements are documented with the camera. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Officials: Rock climber misjudged amount of rope before falling to his death (5985) Jun 27, 2008
Stisser, who wasn't on the scene at the time of the accident, said Duval apparently mistook some of the marks on the climbing rope, leading to the accident. There were other climbers in the area Tuesday, Wheeler said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Cool summer camps for for every type of kid May 24, 2008
Cool summer camps for kids - Seasonal- msnbc. $7 online stock trades. (MSNBC -- Travel)
John Hall to ride U.S. perimeter in cancer benefit Mar 26, 2008
Jim, a long-time Lompoc attorney, makes his case by pointing out that John used to have a climbing rope in his house in Anchorage, Alaska, which had a very high ceiling. He also kept a stationary bicycle upstairs, and everyone in the house could tell when he was working out. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Hummer's feeling a little misunderstood Feb 21, 2008
Late last year, GM began airing ads that show other "tools" firefighters' gear, a flare gun, a climbing rope and then show a Hummer, which the ad says can scale 60-degree inclines. In another commercial, newspaper clippings about blizzards and floods dissolve into a Hummer forging through the disasters to help. (USA Today -- Autos)
Ski from hut to hut in the Alps, but beware Jan 30, 2008
In our packs we each carried about 30 pounds of gearwater, clothing, shovels, snow probes, crampons, ice axes and climbing rope. The extra mass made turns difficult, but after a few 00001645 unsteady arcs we learned. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Building a team through Hubei physical education Jan 12, 2008
A student spans a 2-meter wide broken suspension bridge with a climbing rope on Thursday, January 10, 2008 during physical education. Photo: cnhubei. (Xinhuanet, China)
* WORLD NEWS: QUICK TAKE Nov 10, 2007
"We believe the man abseiled down to the 17th floor with a climbing rope and then climbed down the drainpipes to ground level to escape," police said. The woman was in critical condition in hospital. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Man scales 24 floors to stab 'ex-lover' Nov 8, 2007
"We believe the man abseiled down to the 17th floor with a climbing rope and then climbed down the drainpipes to ground level to escape," the paper quoted a police spokesperson as saying. The woman was in critical condition in hospital. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
• REI Joins EMS, Cabela's, Orvis, L.L. Bean ... Oct 22, 2007
Castle's impromptu visit was greeted with some surprise and dismay, but no one hogtied him with a climbing rope and tossed him out of the store. Castle dismissed the idea that REI, which is scheduled to open its first Connecticut store Nov. 2 in Blue Back Square, is out to paddle the competition. (FOX61, CT)
CostaLiving -- Yard work: Two big four-letter words Oct 2, 2007
They think it is cool when I hang over the roof edge on my climbing rope and walk the eaves using my auto-stop rappelling/belaying device. I pull the lever to stop; push it in to play out a few feet of rope. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)
Summer program bound to be an adventure Sep 6, 2007
Though he is connected by a climbing rope held by several boys, Asarel is clearly scared. "I want to come down now," he says, his voice quaking. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Continue reading Aug 26, 2007
In the Foreground is Emily Dvorin's "No More Mountain" that is made with mountain climbing rope and cable ties ... "The Hanford West High School Jazz Band filled the Art Center atrium with music as the smell of popcorn wafted between the two galleries.In the Marcellus Gallery, Yosemite-themed art works of varying mediums, including acrylic paintings, photography, sculpture and mixed media showed how contemporary artists have reinvented nature-inspired art.Emily Dvorin's "No More Mountains"... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
SWAT tryouts draw dozens Jul 20, 2007
APD officials say that throughout the day, participants had to overcome a daunting obstacle course, prove their physical abilities by wrangling with a climbing rope and then testing their aim on the department s shooting range. It was a full day, Police Lt. Kenn Singleton said. (Albany Herald)
Figuring out lay of the land is no easy job for surveyor Jul 19, 2007
Schwaderer himself had to hang, suspended from a climbing rope, in the Nenana River canyon to pound pitons that would hold equipment necessary for plotting an as-yet unbuilt section of the Parks Highway. Still think land surveying is boring. (Anchorage Daily News)
Low Blow finale: What cancer took Jul 12, 2007
The climbing rope slithers ahead of me up the icy route, a psychedelic snake of Day-Glo green and pink tethering me to my partner, who is kicking her way up the Roman Wall, the final obstacle between us and the 10,778-foot summit of Washingtons Mount Baker. The slope falls away precipitously to our left, a big white slide into a bottomless crevasse for anyone who makes a misstep here. (MSNBC -- International)
Mom to Mom: Backyard games Jun 9, 2007
We use a large playground ball and an old climbing rope to establish a boundary. Once a kid is out, he has to help roll the ball across the circle to 'tag' the other kids. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Putting their lives on the line to keep others safe in Yosemite Jun 4, 2007
Scola, of Germany, was 1,700 feet up on the Nose route of El Capitan when he fell and the cam device holding his climbing rope pulled loose. He fell more than 100 feet, bouncing off a ledge before the anchored rope stopped his fall. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Read More: Son Makes Peace With Dad May 20, 2007
Harlin's larger-than-life father fell 4,000 feet to his death when his climbing rope severed on a rocky ledge. Since that day 41 years ago, John has been haunted. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Nanotech will let us wear batteries and get 150 m.p.g. Mar 15, 2007
Standing at the base of a gym's climbing rope, Nathan Ball checks his harness and prepares to live every gym student's dream. He flicks a switch on his "rope ascender" and zips up to the 45-foot ceiling in less than five seconds. (USA Today -- Tech)
Canadian fossil hunter finds missing link for horned dinos Mar 6, 2007
Together they pushed and pulled the hood, with mountain climbing rope, to a pick up truck several kilometres away. "It was a giant parade of volunteers and students," Ryan said. (Canada.com)
ID required? No way Feb 1, 2007
Inside, Thill, with his small white pastry-puff of a belly, balances on a chair beside the venue's climbing rope. As the entranced crowd gathers around the 24-year-old library assistant, he croons a ballad of destruction: "The day I started laughing at the motorcycle crash, on the shoulder of I-10 / I knew I'd committed the cynic's sin.". (Los Angeles Times)
Alpenglow returns to business Jan 3, 2007
One of the Pomas, attached to a climbing rope that hangs from the lift's main line, got wrapped around the main line when a skier accidently unloaded incorrectly. "There's no time to learn," Zacharias said, describing the difficulty of learning the T-bar system. (Anchorage Daily News)
