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controlled falling, rebranded as a skill so you'll do it on purpose
means To descend a steep surface like a cliff or wall by sliding down a fixed rope, usually using friction through a harness or device to control the speed.
from From French rappeler, "to recall" or "to call back" — built from re- ("again") plus appeler ("to call"), itself from Latin appellare. In mountaineering the rope is figuratively "recalled" or pulled back down after the descent, and French climbers gave the technique its name; English borrowed it intact, rope and all.
- origin
- French for 'to recall' or pull back down
- friction is everything
- your braking hand controls the whole descent
- deadly statistic
- a leading cause of climbing fatalities
- military love
- helicopter fast-roping descends from this technique
- the australian
- rappelling face-first is called the Aussie style
el capitan rappel — rock climbers descend 3,000 feet down granite cliff in yosemite national park using ropes
military rappel training — us army rangers train by rappelling down 120-foot towers at fort benning
cave rappelling new zealand — adventure tourists rappel 100 meters into glowworm caves in waitomo, north island