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Examples of abseil
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Instead I hold desperately on to vines by the side of the track and abseil down.
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The following day it's the Big One as Wayne has to abseil down a 150ft tower.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Nowadays there is even the option to abseil down one of the bridge's pylons.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Then I get bored, so I'll dive, abseil, climb or find a new activity to try.
From the independent.co.uk
You abseil 30m down from the cave, configure your ropes and begin to climb a buttress.
From the couriermail.com.au
To get to it, one must abseil down through a plume of water, dropping into a dark hole.
From the online.wsj.com
Not even a near-disastrous abseil down a building in Las Vegas last year could deter him.
From the economist.com
Right, Liz gets a hug from son Sam, 6, after she completed her abseil.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
But I wouldn't pay to send someone to New York to abseil down the Empire State building.
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- Rappel: (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
- Rappel: lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
- Abseiling (German: abseilen, "to rope down"), rappelling in American English, is the controlled descent down a rope; climbers use this technique when a cliff or slope is too steep and/or dangerous to descend without protection. ...
- Such a descent; To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel
- (Abseiling) The WAC Basic Rock offers a 25 feet, over the edge feel of descending the rock face with the help of a rope. It is a 'trust' exercise.
- (Abseiling) It is also called rappelling. It is a dangerous technique and several climbers have been injured during abseiling and every safety requirement must be taken.
- (Abseiling) also known as "roping down." A method of retreat, or for inspecting a climbing route.
- (pronounced AB-sail) To make a controlled descent on a fixed rope. The term is typically used in Europe and Australia. See rappel.
- V. UK English for rappel, from the German origin. See Rappel.
