Word: rappelling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...daunting trek. After dashing down the alley path from the T, avoiding vehicular death on Rindge Avenue, adventurers found themselves atop a mountain from which they could spy the neon movie sign glowing like a beacon in the distance. Only the bravest could carry on; the mission demanded they rappel down the gravely dirt mound and, finally, leap from the wall to get to their flicks...
...sometimes we like to surprise ourselves. Minnesota is a $12 billion-a-year operation, and we have taken the janitor and made him the CEO, but hey. Now we have the inauguration to look forward to. He promised to be lowered by helicopter to the capitol dome and rappel down the side of the building, and that would sure be something to see. Meanwhile, everybody in Minnesota can do a pretty good Jesse imitation. A good way to start the winter...
...shuttles must be prepared to ride slide-wire baskets down from the launch pad if a fully fueled shuttle threatens to blow; shimmy down an escape pole and parachute away from the ship in the event of a postlaunch emergency below an altitude of 20,000 ft.; and rappel down ropes from the hatch if the spacecraft makes an emergency landing on tarmac. On his Mercury flight, Glenn's only safety measure was an escape rocket designed to ignite and carry the spacecraft out of danger if his Atlas rocket appeared likely to explode...
...famed for his success at poker when he was stationed at Camp Lejeune Marine base in North Carolina. More recently, he helped bring a National Football League team, the Carolina Panthers, to Charlotte. And he dramatically opened the new 60-story NationsBank headquarters in 1992 by having soldiers rappel down the building on ropes. (Local wags dubbed the structure the Taj McColl.) He went in the opposite direction on his 60th birthday, trekking up Kilimanjaro...
...been for the rumblings of a nearby volcano. For the past five years it has spewed ash over Mount Ampato, melting its snowcap and causing the ground to shift. The movement caused Juanita's ceremonial platform to collapse, and she literally tumbled off. Zarate had to rappel down a ravine to retrieve gold and silver statues, festooned with feathers, that were part of the traditional offering to the gods. Reinhard had scaled dozens of Andean peaks over the past 15 years searching for just such a treasure. Now he was worried that further underground movement on Mount Ampato might propel...