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Example of a high ropes course at night Rope climbing at the Alpine Center Bottrop, built by insight-out, Germany. A ropes course is a challenging outdoor personal development and team building activity which usually consists of high elements, low elements, or some combination of the two. Low elements take place on the ground or above the ground.
Sit harness. A climbing harness is a piece of equipment that allows a climber to tie in to the safety of a rope. [1] It is used in rock and ice climbing, abseiling, and lowering; this is in contrast to other activities requiring ropes for access or safety such as industrial rope work (such as window cleaning), construction, and rescue and recovery, which use safety harnesses instead.
Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories (RAL), (often referred to as Riverbank or Riverbank Labs), is a NVLAP accredited acoustical testing agency founded by George Fabyan in 1913. [1] [independent source needed] The testing service remains a highly respected source of independent acoustical materials testing.
The Dan Ryan Expressway is an expressway in Chicago that runs from the Jane Byrne Interchange with Interstate 290 (I-290) near downtown Chicago through the South Side of the city. It is designated as both I-90 and I-94 south to 66th Street, a distance of 7.44 miles (11.97 km).
The 135-acre (55 ha) Lincoln Marsh Natural Area, with over 300 species of prairie and wetland plants and animals, and a ropes course. Cosley Zoo, founded in 1974, housing over 200 animals that represent over 70 species. Two public swimming pools, the Northside Family Aquatic Center, and the Rice Pool and Water Park.
They have contributed to Chicago's reputation as the "city of neighborhoods", and are argued to break up an intimidating city into more manageable pieces. [2] Chicago was an early adopter of such a system, and as of 1997 most cities in the United States still lacked analogous divisions. [2]
This category is for the Chicago metropolitan area, including populated places, and sub-categories for populated places over 30,000; counties; regions; and sub-regions.
If done without ropes or protection far off the ground, buildering is extremely dangerous. It is often practiced outside legal bounds, and is thus practiced mostly at night. Night climbing is a particular branch of buildering which has been practiced for many years in a variety of locations, especially at the Universities of Oxford and ...