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- This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily Rock) above Idyllwild. The various climbing techniques are explained, as well as the dangers one encounters in this sport. We also see the team rappel from the summit. A second team, used for comic relief, has nothing but problems.
- Pressured to give up his birthright, a chemical company heir enacts a clever plan to get rid of his blackmailing uncle and take over the family business. But Lt. Columbo suspects the man's death was not just a tragic accident.
- In the series debut, individualist private detective Joe Mannix is working at a corporate agency. Company rules dictate only one piece of paper on a desk at a time; Mannix's desk is cluttered. Despite Mannix's disdain for the rules, the head of the agency, Lew Wickersham also knows Mannix "is my best man." Mannix is sent to investigate a missing person's case. The client is a retired mobster, who first tests Mannix. The detective is told the missing person, the mobster's daughter, is kidnapped. Mannix will encounter much treachery before learning the true facts of the case.
- Huell visits two historic civil engineering feats at Mt. San Jacinto. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway rises up the steep face to 8,516 ft. The San Jacinto Tunnel goes 13 miles under the mountains as part of the Colorado River Aqueduct.
- Huell goes to Joshua Tree National Monument to learn about the remarkable plant that gives the park its name and which symbolizes the Mojave Desert. He also gets a tour from Willis Keys of the ranch where he grew up that's now in the park.