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U.S. Army Ranger instructors watch as an Army Ranger student rappels down the side of a 60-foot rock face on Camp Frank D. Merrill, in Dahlonega, Ga., Feb. 20, 2011. The students learn mountaineering skills, including rappelling and knot tying, during the course.

ROCKY RAPPEL

U.S. Army Ranger instructors watch as an Army Ranger student rappels down the side of a 60-foot rock face on Camp Frank D. Merrill, in Dahlonega, Ga., Feb. 20, 2011. The students learn mountaineering skills, including rappelling and knot tying, during the course.

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