Off the wall: UND ROTC cadets rappel from old med school

UND ROTC cadet Rylee Groth rappels his way down the side of the old Med School building during a training exercise Thursday for the Alpha Co. 1st and 2nd platoons of the Army ROTC Fighting Hawks battalion. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald

By Herald Staff

September 21, 2017 at 9:16 PM

UND ROTC cadets took their training to new heights Thursday, rappelling down the outside of Columbia Hall, also known as the former School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

The officers in training will repeat the exercise next Thursday.

UND ROTC cadet Callista S. Ramsland listens to Sgt. Jared Gass as she rappels off the top of the old Med School building on the UND campus during class Thursday. Ramsland is in the Alpha Co. Fighting Hawks platoon. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald

1/2: UND ROTC cadet Callista S. Ramsland listens to Sgt. Jared Gass as she rappels off the top of the old Med School building on the UND campus during class Thursday. Ramsland is in the Alpha Co. Fighting Hawks platoon. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald

Maj. Ryan Woltjer, center, watches as a cadet rappels down the side of the old UND Med School building Thursday during a training drill. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald

2/2: Maj. Ryan Woltjer, center, watches as a cadet rappels down the side of the old UND Med School building Thursday during a training drill. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald