Meaning abseil
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abseil


(n) (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(v) lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body [..]
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Abseiling (from the German abseilen, "to rope down") is the process of descending on a fixed rope. It is also known as: rappelling or rappeling.
Source: rcd.co.uk (offline)

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To descend a rope using a descender or maybe with just the rope round your body (a classic abseil). Potentially lethal; the cause of more deaths than actually climbing upwards. Often abbreviated to AB [..]
Source: ukclimbing.com





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