Firefighter Stacy Billapando from the Colorado Springs, Colo., Fire Department hoists a rope attached to a 45-pound fire hose from five stories up during a firefighter challenge at the Air Force Academy June 27, 2009. Ms. Billapando is a competitor in the 2010 World Firefighter Combat Challenge Nov. 8-13 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)