LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two inmates at a Louisville jail could have used a course in knot-tying when authorities say they plotted an escape using bedsheets. Officials say the men escaped to the roof ...

“Man on Wire” star Philippe Petit was welcomed by a packed auditorium for his discussion about his new book “Why Knot?” on Sunday at the L.A. Times Festival of Books. Each member of the ...

To tie into a harness with a Figure 8 Follow-through, tie a Figure 8 knot in the rope approximately 3 - 3.5 feet (1 - 1.5 meters) from the end of the rope (Figures 1 - 4) Feed the running end of the ...

Knotorious. Heaving Line Knot Method for Throwing Rope Farther for Tree Climbers and Arborists. Posted: May 23, 2025 | Last updated: May 23, 2025 ...

It's hard to miss Janet Echelman's massive public art project on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The Brookline resident's 2,000-pound sculpture is suspended between three skyscrapers and appears to be ...

The Mule Knot (a.k.a releasable knot) is ideal to lock off the rope on the belay plate. There are many occasions in climbing when, belaying from the harness using a device which does not self-arrest ...

In 2015, four serious accidents required emergency rescue in the Gorges du Tarn. In each case the alpinist or climber fell several meters due to the rope being too short and without knot tied in the ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - A rope resembling a noose found inside University Hospital was not the result of a hate crime, but a practice knot used in fishing, University of Michigan police have found.

Students at Necedah Elementary School jumped all over heart disease and stroke by participating in Jump Rope for Heart on Feb. 10 and 11. The students raised $6,056.91 for the ...

We didn’t tie knots in the rope, either." He described being above and to the left of Mr Gobright when they were "rapping," the north American term for abseiling.

The contest winners at Arnn's Jump Rope for Heart event were: Longest Time Jumping Rope: Fifth-grader Jeremiah Stewart, 4 minutes, 7 seconds. Most Consecutive Jumps: Sixth-grader Jacob Ritter, 452 ...