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Rappelling at Papago Buttes Brings Thrill to Valley Climbers
Mary Bach reports on the Arizona Mountaineering Club autumn course at Papago Buttes where 34 first time climbers strap into waist belts and rappel down boulder lips and cave ledges. The piece captures nerves and exhilaration as novices descend with instructors guiding each slide to terra firma, ending with plans for Camelback Mountain graduation climbs.
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Mary Bach
Tangiers
Arizona Mountaineering Club
Papago Buttes
Buttes
National Guard Armory
R. C. Aleith
Little
Phoenix Union
Teddy Roosevelt
Miss Bach
Legend City
South ‘America
Dick Aleith
Terra Firma
Reece
Camelback Mountain