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    Abseiling (redirect from Abseil)
    leader abseils off on one strand of rope, using the incapacitated second's weight on the other strand of the rope as a counterbalance. Releasable abseil —...
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    The South African Abseil or South African Double Roped Classical Abseil is a modern variation of the non-mechanical classical abseil method used by mountaineers...
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    attached to a fixed anchor point, which is also known as an "abseil station". See tat and cord. abseil rack See rack. add-on An indoor climbing game where climbers...
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    given permission to use the building for their abseil challenges to raise money. Participants abseil down from the pyramid roof to street level. Abseilers...
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  • himself made the effort, despite a frozen hand due to losing a glove, to abseil down the face of the mountain and reach the team. To accomplish this, he...
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  • the overhanging ice and his broken leg. Therefore, his only choice was to abseil deeper into the crevasse and hope that there was another way out. After...
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    voice in the organisation's policy making. In 2009, she staged a public abseil of the 17-storey Elysian Tower in Cork to raise funds for the organisation...
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  • the prison by MH-6 Little Bird helicopters. One operator was tasked to abseil down to the side of the building, hang outside Muse's cell window, and eliminate...
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    building. They also attached ropes to the chimneys to allow soldiers to abseil down the building and gain access through the windows if necessary. During...
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    diving rigs, to parachute insertion from fixed-wing aircraft and fast-rope, abseil, and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) from rotary aircraft, to...
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