And despite what Larisa tells me, I know I could never find my way out of this ... via technical climbing or rappelling. It took us several days of rigging ropes to access the cave and haul ...

Veryovkina Cave, the deepest known cave on Earth ... The explorers barely escaped, climbing rope ascents while being pummeled by waterfalls. The flood raged for nearly 20 hours, cutting off ...

“I used to climb without ropes on ice and rock ... measures the height and width of each section of the cave. In Snow Dragon, he pulls out his camera and snaps a couple of pictures.

Grunts and cheers filled a corner of the University of Montana’s Fitness and Recreation Center as Missoula’s climbers faced off in Sunday’s annual Rock the Rec climbing competition.