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  1. 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
  2. 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"
  3. 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. ...
  4. 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
  5. (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.
  6. (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.
  7. (Abseiling) also known as "roping down." A method of retreat, or for inspecting a climbing route.
  8. (pronounced AB-sail) To make a controlled descent on a fixed rope. The term is typically used in Europe and Australia. See rappel.
  9. v. UK English for rappel, from the German origin. See Rappel.
  10. The process by which a climber can descend a fixed rope. Also known as Rappel.
  11. German term (also employed by the British) for rappel; a method for descending a fixed rope by means of sliding and braking mechanisms known as belay devices.
  12. descending a rope using a friction device or traditional method (the later is not advised if you value your genitals)
  13. 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. (Americans call it "rapelling" and shorten it to "rap".) [Hil McMillan]
  14. To travel down a fixed rope under control. A synonym for rappel.
  15. Descending by sliding down a rope. Americans usually call this rappelling.
  16. British equivalent of rappel. Rappel is a French word meaning, "to retrieve", which you would do to your rope after you slide down it - if you want to use it again. Abseil is from the German and means, "to rope down."
  17. Same as Rappel, to decend using rope to control your decent.
  18. intr.v.   To rappel.
  19. Synonym for Rappel. Commonly used in Europe.