SherbyNet - /page/wikibook/entry.mu

Micron Document

<!DOCTYPE html>

<title>Abseiling</title>

</head>

<span id="openzim-page-title" class="mw-page-title-main"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Abseiling</span></span>

</h1>

</header>

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Rappel" redirects here; not to be confused with <a href="Rappel_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rappel (town)">Rappel (town)</a>.</div>

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.2em;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;border-collapse:collapse;display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:table!important;float:right!important;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em!important}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-subgroup{width:100%;margin:0;border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-none{float:none;clear:both;margin:0.5em 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-outer-title{padding:0 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:125%;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-image{padding:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-top-caption,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle-with-top-image,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-caption{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-pretitle{padding:0.4em 0.4em 0;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.2em 0.8em;font-size:145%;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-image{padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-heading{padding:0.1em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content{padding:0 0.5em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-content-with-subgroup{padding:0.1em 0.4em 0.2em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-below{padding:0.3em 0.8em;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-above,.mw-parser-output .sidebar-collapse .sidebar-below{border-top:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-navbar{text-align:right;font-size:115%;padding:0 0.4em 0.4em}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:left;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6em;font-size:105%}.mw-parser-output .sidebar-list-title-c{padding:0 0.4em;text-align:center;margin:0 3.3em}@media(max-width:640px){body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:100%!important;clear:both;float:none!important;margin-left:0!important;margin-right:0!important}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .sidebar a>img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="width:18.0em;padding:0;font-size:95%;line-height:1.3em;"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of a series on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a href="Climbing" title="Climbing">Climbing</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;padding-bottom:0.2em;">

Lists</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_climbers_and_mountaineers" title="List of climbers and mountaineers">Climbers</a>

<ul><li><a href="Piolet_d'Or" class="mw-redirect" title="Piolet d'Or">Piolet d'Or winners</a></li>

<li><a href="Ranking_of_career_IFSC_victories_by_climber" title="Ranking of career IFSC victories by climber">IFSC victories</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_equipment" title="Climbing equipment">Equipment</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_climbing_knots" title="List of climbing knots">Knots</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="History_of_rock_climbing" title="History of rock climbing">Historical events</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_grade_milestones_in_rock_climbing" title="List of grade milestones in rock climbing">Grade milestones</a></li>

<li><a href="Eight-thousander" title="Eight-thousander">Eight-thousanders</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Glossary_of_climbing_terms" title="Glossary of climbing terms">Terminology</a></li></ul>

</div></td>

</tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;padding-bottom:0.2em;">

Types of <a href="Rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">rock climbing</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="Multi-pitch_climbing" title="Multi-pitch climbing">Multi-pitch</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Bouldering" title="Bouldering">Bouldering</a>

<ul><li><a href="Bouldering#Highball_bouldering" title="Bouldering">Highball</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Competition_climbing" title="Competition climbing">Competition</a>

<ul><li><a href="Speed_climbing" title="Speed climbing">Speed</a></li></ul></li>

<ul><li><a href="Sport_climbing" title="Sport climbing">Sport</a></li>

<li><a href="Traditional_climbing" title="Traditional climbing">Traditional</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Deep-water_soloing" title="Deep-water soloing">Deep-water solo</a></li>

<li><a href="Top_rope_climbing" title="Top rope climbing">Top roping</a></li></ul>

</div></td>

</tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;padding-bottom:0.2em;">

Types of <a href="Mountaineering" title="Mountaineering">mountaineering</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="Alpine_climbing" title="Alpine climbing">Alpine</a>

<ul><li><a href="Mixed_climbing" title="Mixed climbing">Mixed</a></li>

<li><a href="Via_ferrata" title="Via ferrata">Via ferrata</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Eight-thousander" title="Eight-thousander">Himalayan</a>

<ul><li><a href="Alpine_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpine style">Alpine style</a></li>

<li><a href="Expedition_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Expedition style">Expedition style</a></li></ul></li>

<ul><li><a href="Dry-tooling" title="Dry-tooling">Dry-tooling</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Scrambling" title="Scrambling">Scrambling</a>

<ul><li><a href="Hillwalking" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillwalking">Hillwalking</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td>

</tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;padding-bottom:0.2em;">

Other types</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="Buildering" title="Buildering">Buildering</a></li>

<li><a href="Caving" title="Caving">Caving</a></li>

<li><a href="Canyoning" title="Canyoning">Canyoning</a></li>

<li><a href="Crane_climbing" title="Crane climbing">Crane</a></li>

<li><a href="Grass_climbing" title="Grass climbing">Grass</a></li>

<li><a href="Rope_access" title="Rope access">Commercial</a></li>

<li><a href="Parkour" title="Parkour">Parkour</a></li>

<li><a href="Rock_hopping" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock hopping">Rock hopping</a></li>

<li><a href="Rooftopping" title="Rooftopping">Rooftopping</a></li>

<li><a href="Roof_and_tunnel_hacking" title="Roof and tunnel hacking">Roof hacking</a></li>

<li><a href="Slide_Climbing" class="mw-redirect" title="Slide Climbing">Slide</a></li>

</div></td>

</tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;padding-bottom:0.2em;">

Key actions</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul>

<li><a href="Belaying" title="Belaying">Belaying</a></li>

<li><a href="Lead_climbing" title="Lead climbing">Leading</a>

<ul><li><a href="Redpoint_(climbing)" title="Redpoint (climbing)">Redpointing</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Jumaring" class="mw-redirect" title="Jumaring">Jumaring</a></li>

<li><a href="Self_rescue_(climbing)" title="Self rescue (climbing)">Self rescuing</a></li>

<li><a href="Simul_climbing" class="mw-redirect" title="Simul climbing">Simul climbing</a></li>

<li><a href="Traverse_(climbing)" title="Traverse (climbing)">Traversing</a></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_technique" title="Climbing technique">Techniques</a></li></ul>

</div></td>

</tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;padding-bottom:0.2em;">

Key terms</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">

<ul><li><a href="Anchor_(climbing)" title="Anchor (climbing)">Anchor</a></li>

<li><a href="First_ascent" title="First ascent">First ascent</a>

<li><a href="Grade_(climbing)" title="Grade (climbing)">Grade</a></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_route" title="Climbing route">Route</a>

<li><a href="Climbing_guidebook" title="Climbing guidebook">Guide</a></li>

<li><a href="Pitch_(climbing)" title="Pitch (climbing)">Pitch</a></li>

<li><a href="Crack_climbing" title="Crack climbing">Crack</a></li>

<li><a href="Overhang_(climbing)" title="Overhang (climbing)">Overhang</a></li>

</div></td>

</tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Abseiling</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</span></span> <i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">AB</span>-sayl</i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">or</span> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</span></span> <i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">AHP</span>-zyle</i>; from <a href="German_language" title="German language">German</a> <i> abseilen</i> <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">to rope down</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>), also known as <b>rappelling</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</span></span> <i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">RAP</span>-pell</i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">or</span> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</span></span> <i title="English pronunciation respelling">rə-<span style="font-size:90%">PELL</span></i>; from <a href="French_language" title="French language">French</a> <i> rappeler</i> <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">to recall, to pull through</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>), is the controlled descent of a steep slope, such as a rock face, by moving down a rope. When abseiling, the person descending controls their own movement down a static or <a href="Fixed_rope" title="Fixed rope">fixed rope</a>, in contrast to <a href="Belaying" title="Belaying">lowering off</a>, in which the rope attached to the person descending is paid out by their <a href="Belayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Belayer">belayer</a>.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div>

<p>The technique is used by <a href="Climbing" title="Climbing">climbers</a>, <a href="Mountaineers" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountaineers">mountaineers</a>, <a href="Caving" title="Caving">cavers</a>, <a href="Canyoning" title="Canyoning">canyoners</a>, <a href="Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> and <a href="Rope_access" title="Rope access">rope access</a> technicians to descend cliffs or slopes when they are too steep or dangerous to descend without protection. Many climbers use this technique to protect established <a href="Anchor_(climbing)" title="Anchor (climbing)">anchors</a> from damage. Rope access technicians also use this as a method to access difficult-to-reach areas from above for various industrial applications like maintenance, construction, inspection and welding.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>To descend safely, abseilers use a variety of techniques to increase the friction on the rope to the point where it can be controlled comfortably. These techniques range from wrapping the rope around their body (e.g. the <a href="D%C3%BClfersitz" title="Dülfersitz">Dülfersitz</a> technique) to using custom-built devices like a <a href="Caving_equipment#Standard_equipment" title="Caving equipment">rack</a> or a <a href="Figure_8_(belay_device)" class="mw-redirect" title="Figure 8 (belay device)">figure of 8</a>. Practitioners choose a technique based on speed, safety, weight and other circumstantial concerns.

</p><p>In the United States, the term "rappelling" is used.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United Kingdom, both terms are understood,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but "abseiling" is more common.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Australia, New Zealand and Canada, the two terms are used interchangeably. Globally, the term "rappelling" appears in books written in English more often than "abseiling".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>Abseiling has existed, both using body abseil and <a href="Descender_(caving_equipment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Descender (caving equipment)">descenders</a> for centuries, with body abseiling being mentioned in the late 1400s,<sup id="cite_ref-ukcavingmain_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukcavingmain-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and descenders being described in the early 1600s.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The origin of the <i>term</i> rappel in reference to the technique is attributed by Mountaineering author Roger Frison-Roche circa 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frison-Roche in turn attributed the <i>technique</i> of rappelling to Jean Charlet-Straton, a <a href="Chamonix" title="Chamonix">Chamonix</a> guide who lived from 1840 to 1925. However, at the time, the term rappel meant to use a doubled rope that could be pulled down afterwards, and did not necessarily refer to abseiling,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and while Frison-Roche may have used a doubled rope technique, he did not use an abseiling technique devised by Charlet-Straton.<sup id="cite_ref-ukcavingmain_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukcavingmain-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Different approaches for using a doubled rope had already been described in the late 1700s and by Edward Whymper around 1860, though neither case were used with what would be considered abseiling.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charlet-Straton then used another doubled rope technique which was called the rappel during a failed solo attempt of <a href="Petit_Dru" class="mw-redirect" title="Petit Dru">Petit Dru</a> in 1876. The technique he used to descend the rope would not normally be considered abseiling, and had already been described numerous times long before he used it, with most authors saying it risked injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-ukcavingmain_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukcavingmain-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After many attempts, some of them solo, he managed to reach the summit of the Petit Dru in 1879 in the company of two other hired Chamonix guides, Prosper Payot and Frédéric Folliguet.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During that ascent, Charlet-Straton again used the technique, with his companions assisting.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Rope" title="Rope">Ropes</a>: <a href="Static_rope" title="Static rope">Static rope</a> is ideal, but often <a href="Dynamic_rope" title="Dynamic rope">dynamic rope</a> is used.</li>

<li><a href="Anchor_(climbing)" title="Anchor (climbing)">Anchors</a>: Usually constructed from trees, boulders, ice or rock features, using webbing/cordelette, or <a href="Traditional_climbing#Trad_gear" title="Traditional climbing">rock climbing equipment</a>. Some areas have fixed anchors such as <a href="Bolt_(climbing)" title="Bolt (climbing)">bolts</a> or <a href="Piton" title="Piton">pitons</a>.</li>

<li><a href="Rock-climbing_equipment#Descenders" title="Rock-climbing equipment">Descender</a>: A friction device or friction hitch that allows the rope to be played out in a controlled fashion, under load, with minimal effort by the person controlling it.</li>

<li><a href="Climbing_harness" title="Climbing harness">Climbing harness</a>: Fixed around the waist or whole body used to secure the <a href="Climbing_equipment#Descenders" title="Climbing equipment">descender</a>. Fit is important to prevent <a href="Suspension_trauma" title="Suspension trauma">suspension trauma</a>.</li>

<li>Safety back-up: Typically a <a href="Friction_hitch" class="mw-redirect" title="Friction hitch">friction hitch</a> such as a <a href="Prusik" title="Prusik">Prusik</a>, <a href="Klemheist_knot" title="Klemheist knot">Klemheist knot</a>, or <a href="Autoblock_knot" class="mw-redirect" title="Autoblock knot">autoblock knot</a> wrapped around the rope as to prevent uncontrolled descents.</li>

<li><a href="Helmet" title="Helmet">Helmets</a>: Used to protect the head from bumps and falling rocks.</li>

<li><a href="Glove" title="Glove">Gloves</a>: Used to protect hands from the rope and from colliding with the wall. May increase the risk of an accident by becoming caught in the <a href="Climbing_equipment#Rappel_devices_(descenders)" title="Climbing equipment">descender</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Boot" title="Boot">Boots</a> or <a href="Climbing_shoe" title="Climbing shoe">climbing shoes</a>: Used to increase friction against the rock</li>

<li><a href="Knee_pad" title="Knee pad">Knee pads</a> (and sometimes <a href="Elbow-joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Elbow-joint">elbow</a>-pads)</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Application">Application</h2></div>

<p>Abseiling is used in a number of applications, including:

</p>

<ul><li><a href="Climbing" title="Climbing">Climbing</a> – for returning to the base of a climb or to a point where one can try a new route.</li>

<li><a href="Fun" title="Fun">Recreation</a></li>

<li><a href="Canyoning" title="Canyoning">Canyoning</a> – to descend tall waterfalls or cliffs.</li>

<li><a href="Mountaineering" title="Mountaineering">Mountaineering</a></li>

<li><a href="Caving" title="Caving">Caving</a> – to descend vertical drops in a cave.</li>

<li><a href="Adventure_racing" title="Adventure racing">Adventure racing</a></li>

<li>Industrial/commercial applications – to access parts of structures or buildings so as to perform maintenance, cleaning or construction, known as <a href="Rope_access" title="Rope access">rope access</a>.</li>

<li>Access to <a href="Wildfire" title="Wildfire">wildfires</a>.</li>

<li>Confined spaces access – e.g. ballast tanks, manholes</li>

<li><a href="Rescue" title="Rescue">Rescue</a> applications – used to access injured people on or nearby cliffs.</li>

<li><a href="Military" title="Military">Military</a> applications – tactical <a href="Air_assault" title="Air assault">heliborne</a> insertion of troops, including <a href="Special_forces" title="Special forces">special forces</a>, into the battlefield close to the objective when proper landing zones are not available.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Styles/techniques">Styles/techniques</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Australian_rappel" title="Australian rappel">Australian rappel</a> — Used in the military. The abseiler descends facing downwards allowing them to see where they are going.</li>

<li>Tandem or spider abseiling — Used in <a href="Rock_Climbing" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Climbing">climbing</a>. Involves two climbers descending on the same belay device. This is useful in rescue situations when one of the climbers is incapacitated or the descent needs to be done quickly. The set-up is similar to a regular rappelling, with the incapacitated climber suspended from the descender (and backed up on the primary climbers harness).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><i>Simul-rappelling</i> or <i>simultaneously rappelling</i> — Used in climbing and canyoning. Two climbers descend simultaneously on the same length of rope, where one climber's weight counterbalances the other. Generally the technique is considered less safe than the regular rappelling; however, it is useful in case of emergencies, or for rapping off opposite sides of a fin or spire where there are no anchor points. This is common in places like the <a href="Needles_(Black_Hills)" title="Needles (Black Hills)">Needles</a> of <a href="South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>’s <a href="Black_Hills" title="Black Hills">Black Hills</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Counterbalance abseiling — Used in climbing. This rescue technique is typically used by a leader to reach an injured <a href="Glossary_of_climbing_terms#second" title="Glossary of climbing terms">second</a>. The leader abseils off on one strand of rope, using the incapacitated second's weight on the other strand of the rope as a counterbalance.</li>

<li>Releasable abseil — Used by guides. This safety technique allows a leader to descend with inexperienced abseilers. A rope about twice the length of the descent is anchored with a <a href="Munter_hitch" title="Munter hitch">munter mule hitch</a>. The client descends on a single isolated strand of the rope. If the client becomes stuck halfway down the guide will be able to unlock the other strand and lower the client to the ground using the hitch as a belay device. This could be useful if the client panics, or gets clothing or hair entangled in the descender.</li>

<li>Classical (non-mechanical methods), e.g. the <a href="D%C3%BClfersitz" title="Dülfersitz">Dülfersitz</a> — Used in emergencies. These technique are more dangerous than modern alternatives and only used when no other option is available. They involve descending without aid of mechanical devices, by wrapping the rope around the body, and were used before the advent of harnesses and hardware.</li>

<li><a href="South_African_Abseil" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Abseil">South African classical abseil</a> (double-roped) — Used in emergencies. This is a type of classical abseil where the user has a spare hand.</li>

<li>Fireman's Belay — Safety backup. A partner stands on the ground below holding the rope(s). If the abseiler begins to fall they will be able to pull down on the rope to arrest the descent.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Safety">Safety</h2></div>

<p>Abseiling can be dangerous and presents risks, especially to unsupervised or inexperienced abseilers. According to German mountaineer <a href="Pit_Schubert" title="Pit Schubert">Pit Schubert</a>, about 25% of climbing deaths occur during abseiling, most commonly due to failing anchors.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An analysis of <a href="American_Alpine_Club" title="American Alpine Club">American Alpine Club</a> accident reports shows that this is followed by inadequate safety backups and rappelling off the ends of ropes.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Environmental_concerns">Environmental concerns</h2></div>

<p>Recreational abseiling is prohibited or discouraged in some areas, as it may cause environmental damage, conflict with climbers heading upwards, and endanger people on the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .infobox .side-box{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><div class="side-box side-box-right sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style>

<div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Abseiling" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:Abseiling">Abseiling</a></span>.</div></div>

</div>

<ul><li><a href="Canyoning" title="Canyoning">Canyoning</a></li>

<li><a href="Caving" title="Caving">Caving</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountaineering" title="Mountaineering">Mountaineering</a></li>

<li><a href="Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">Search and rescue</a></li>

<li><a href="Fast-roping" title="Fast-roping">Fast-roping</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_and_footnotes">References and footnotes</h2></div>

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><div class="reflist">

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("./mw/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("./mw/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("./mw/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("./mw/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style><cite id="CITEREFHill2008" class="citation book cs1">Hill, Pete (2008). <i>The Complete Guide to Climbing and Mountaineering</i>. David&Charles. p. 67. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-7153-2844-6</bdi>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://11points.com/11-english-words-british-know-americans-dont/">"11 English Words the British Know that Americans Don't"</a>. <i>11points.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-02-01</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=abseil%2Crappel%2Cabseiling%2Crappelling&year_start=1920&year_end=2008&corpus=17&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cabseil%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Crappel%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cabseiling%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Crappelling%3B%2Cc0">"Google Ngram viewer: American English comparison of abseil, abseiling, rappel and rappelling"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-02-01</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/rappel">"Oxford British & World English definition of rappel"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-02-01</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/rappel">"rappel"</a>. Collins Dictionary<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 24,</span> 2018</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=abseil%2Crappel%2Cabseiling%2C+rappelling&year_start=1920&year_end=2008&corpus=18&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cabseil%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Crappel%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cabseiling%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Crappelling%3B%2Cc0">"Google Ngram viewer: comparison of British English usage of rappel, rappelling, abseil and abseiling"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-02-01</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=abseil%2Crappel%2Cabseiling%2Crappelling&year_start=1920&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cabseil%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Crappel%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cabseiling%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Crappelling%3B%2Cc0">"Google Ngram viewer: English comparison of abseil, abseiling, rappel and rappelling"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-02-01</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-ukcavingmain-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ukcavingmain_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ukcavingmain_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ukcavingmain_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cavinguk.co.uk/info/verticalterminology.html#bodyabseil">"Body abseil history"</a>. <i>www.CavingUK.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-01-23</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cavinguk.co.uk/info/verticalterminology.html#descender">"Descender history"</a>. <i>www.CavingUK.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-01-23</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Roger Frison-Roche and Sylvain Jouty. <i>A History of Mountain Climbing</i>. Paris, France: Flammarion, 1996. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>2-08-013622-4</bdi>. 302.</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cavinguk.co.uk/info/verticalterminology.html#abseiling">"Abseiling history"</a>. <i>www.CavingUK.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-01-23</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cavinguk.co.uk/info/verticalterminology.html#pullthrough">"Pull-through history"</a>. <i>www.CavingUK.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-01-23</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alpinist.com/doc/ALP50/77-mountain-profile-the-aguille-du-drus-1871-1925">"Jean-Esteril Charlet and Mary Isabella Straton: A Fairy Tale"</a>. <i>Alpinist.com</i>. 16 June 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-02-01</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160611054052/http://www.3dropeaccess.co.uk/anatomy-of-a-rope-access-technicians-kit/">"A Complete List of Abseiling Equipment"</a>. 3D Rope Access. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.3dropeaccess.co.uk/anatomy-of-a-rope-access-technicians-kit/">the original</a> on 2016-06-11<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-05-13</span></span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://studyrockclimbing.com/rappelling-from-a-spider">Spider Abseiling</a> – StudyRockClimbing.com</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFDrummond2013" class="citation journal cs1">Drummond, Liz (August 12, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.climbing.com/skills/how-to-simul-rappel/">"How to Simul-Rappel"</a>. <i><a href="Climbing_(magazine)" title="Climbing (magazine)">Climbing</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chockstone.org/TechTips/RapBackup.htm">"Backing Up An Abseil"</a>. Chockstone Climbing in Australia.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pit Schubert, <i>Sicherheit und Risiko in Fels und Eis</i> vol. I, München 2009, p.104</span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aac-publications.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/anam/2012/PDF/ANAM_2012_10_2_002.pdf">"Know the Ropes: Rappelling – Fundamentals to save your life"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. American Alpine Club<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 24,</span> 2018</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/15/1029113983303.html">"Adventurous to be roped off from more of mountains"</a>. Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 24,</span> 2018</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

<li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.outsideonline.com/1806721/arch-swinging-banned-moab">"Arch Swinging Banned in Moab"</a>. Outside. 9 January 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 24,</span> 2018</span>.</cite></span>

</li>

</ol></div></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/abseiling" class="extiw external" title="wiktionary:Special:Search/abseiling">abseiling</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div>

</div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Feature.aspx?id=1396">BMC: Abseiling: Not the quickest way to reach the ground</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111212042039/http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Feature.aspx?id=1396">Archived</a> 2011-12-12 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li>

/* start https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}

/* end https://en.wikipedia.org/ */

</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Climbing419" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Climbing419" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Climbing" title="Climbing">Climbing</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">Rock climbing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rock_climbing#Types_of_rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">Disciplines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Multi-pitch_climbing" title="Multi-pitch climbing">Multi-pitch</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Bouldering" title="Bouldering">Bouldering</a>

<ul><li><a href="Bouldering#Highball_bouldering" title="Bouldering">Highball</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Competition_climbing" title="Competition climbing">Competition</a>

<ul><li><a href="Speed_climbing" title="Speed climbing">Speed</a></li></ul></li>

<ul><li><a href="Sport_climbing" title="Sport climbing">Sport</a></li>

<li><a href="Traditional_climbing" title="Traditional climbing">Traditional</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Deep-water_soloing" title="Deep-water soloing">Deep-water solo</a></li>

<li><a href="Top_rope_climbing" title="Top rope climbing">Top roping</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rock_climbing#Types_of_routes" title="Rock climbing">Route types</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Climbing_wall" title="Climbing wall">Artificial</a></li>

<li><a href="Crack_climbing" title="Crack climbing">Crack</a></li>

<li><a href="Overhang_(climbing)" title="Overhang (climbing)">Overhang / Roof</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Mountaineering" title="Mountaineering">Mountaineering</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Alpine_climbing" title="Alpine climbing">Alpine</a>

<ul><li><a href="Glacier_travel" title="Glacier travel">Glacier travel</a></li>

<li><a href="Via_ferrata" title="Via ferrata">Via ferrata</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Eight-thousander" title="Eight-thousander">Himalayan</a>

<ul><li><a href="Alpine_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpine style">Alpine style</a></li>

<li><a href="Expedition_climbing" title="Expedition climbing">Expedition style</a></li></ul></li>

<ul><li><a href="Mixed_climbing" title="Mixed climbing">Mixed</a></li>

<li><a href="Dry-tooling" title="Dry-tooling">Dry-tooling</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Scrambling" title="Scrambling">Scrambling</a>

<ul><li><a href="Hillwalking" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillwalking">Hillwalking</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Buildering" title="Buildering">Buildering</a></li>

<li><a href="Canyoning" title="Canyoning">Canyoning</a></li>

<li><a href="Crane_climbing" title="Crane climbing">Crane</a></li>

<li><a href="Grass_climbing" title="Grass climbing">Grass</a></li>

<li><a href="Rope_access" title="Rope access">Commercial</a></li>

<li><a href="Parkour" title="Parkour">Parkour</a></li>

<li><a href="Ropes_course" title="Ropes course">Ropes course</a></li>

<li><a href="Rooftopping" title="Rooftopping">Rooftopping</a></li>

<li><a href="Roof_and_tunnel_hacking" title="Roof and tunnel hacking">Roof and tunnel hacking</a></li>

<li><a href="Slide_Climbing" class="mw-redirect" title="Slide Climbing">Slide</a></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_alpine_clubs" title="List of alpine clubs">Alpine clubs</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_climbers_and_mountaineers" title="List of climbers and mountaineers">Climbers</a>

<ul><li><a href="Piolet_d'Or" class="mw-redirect" title="Piolet d'Or">Piolet d'Or winners</a></li>

<li><a href="IFSC_Climbing_World_Cup" title="IFSC Climbing World Cup">IFSC World Cup winners</a></li>

<li><a href="IFSC_Climbing_World_Championships" title="IFSC Climbing World Championships">IFSC World Championships winners</a></li>

<li><a href="Ranking_of_career_IFSC_victories_by_climber" title="Ranking of career IFSC victories by climber">IFSC victories</a></li></ul></li>

<li>Deaths

<ul><li><a href="List_of_deaths_on_eight-thousanders" title="List of deaths on eight-thousanders">Eight-thousanders</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest" title="List of people who died climbing Mount Everest">Everest</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_equipment" title="Climbing equipment">Equipment</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_climbing_and_mountaineering_equipment_brands" title="List of climbing and mountaineering equipment brands">Brands</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_climbing_knots" title="List of climbing knots">Knots</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="History_of_rock_climbing" title="History of rock climbing">Historical events</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_grade_milestones_in_rock_climbing" title="List of grade milestones in rock climbing">Grade milestones</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_first_ascents_of_mountain_summits" title="List of first ascents of mountain summits">First ascents</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_technique" title="Climbing technique">Technique</a></li>

<li><a href="Glossary_of_climbing_terms" title="Glossary of climbing terms">Terminology</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Terminology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Climbing_equipment" title="Climbing equipment">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rock-climbing_equipment" title="Rock-climbing equipment">Rock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Aider" class="mw-redirect" title="Aider">Aider</a>

<ul><li><a href="Daisy_chain_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daisy chain (climbing)">Daisy chain</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Anchor_(climbing)" title="Anchor (climbing)">Anchor</a></li>

<li><a href="Ascender_(climbing)" title="Ascender (climbing)">Ascender</a>

<ul><li><a href="Petzl_Croll" title="Petzl Croll">Croll</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Belay_device" title="Belay device">Belay device</a>

<ul><li><a href="Auto_belay" title="Auto belay">Auto belay</a></li>

<li>Assisted braking device

<ul><li><a href="Grigri" class="mw-redirect" title="Grigri">Grigri</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Belay_glasses" title="Belay glasses">Glasses</a></li>

<li><a href="Belay_gloves" class="mw-redirect" title="Belay gloves">Gloves</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Bouldering_mat" title="Bouldering mat">Boulder mat</a></li>

<li><a href="Carabiner" title="Carabiner">Carabiner</a>

<ul><li><a href="Maillon" title="Maillon">Maillon</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_rope" title="Climbing rope">Climbing rope</a>

<li><a href="Dynamic_rope" title="Dynamic rope">Dynamic</a></li>

<li><a href="Static_rope" title="Static rope">Static</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Liquid_chalk" title="Liquid chalk">Chalk</a></li>

<li><a href="Descender_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Descender (climbing)">Descenders</a>

<ul><li><a href="Figure_8_(climbing)" title="Figure 8 (climbing)">Figure-8</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_harness" title="Climbing harness">Harness</a></li>

<li><a href="Hook_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hook (climbing)">Hooks</a>

<li><a href="Skyhook_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skyhook (climbing)">Skyhook</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Rock_climbing_hammer" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock climbing hammer">Hammer</a></li>

<li><a href="Lanyard_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lanyard (climbing)">Lanyard</a>

<ul><li><a href="Copperhead_(climbing)" title="Copperhead (climbing)">Copperhead</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Piton" title="Piton">Piton</a></li>

<li><a href="Portaledge" title="Portaledge">Portaledge</a></li>

<li><a href="Quickdraw" title="Quickdraw">Quickdraw</a></li>

<li><a href="Sling_(climbing_equipment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sling (climbing equipment)">Sling</a></li>

<li><a href="Spring-loaded_camming_device" title="Spring-loaded camming device">SLCDs</a>

<ul><li><a href="Camalot" title="Camalot">Camalot</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_shoe" title="Climbing shoe">Shoes</a></li>

<li><a href="Tricam" title="Tricam">Tricam</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Ice_climbing#Equipment" title="Ice climbing">Ice and snow</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Alpenstock" title="Alpenstock">Alpenstock</a></li>

<li><a href="Abalakov_thread" title="Abalakov thread">Abalakov thread</a></li>

<li><a href="Bottled_oxygen_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bottled oxygen (climbing)">Bottled oxygen</a></li>

<li><a href="Crampons" class="mw-redirect" title="Crampons">Crampons</a></li>

<li><a href="Ice_screw" title="Ice screw">Ice screw</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountaineering_boot" title="Mountaineering boot">Mountaineering boot</a></li>

<li>Rescue

<ul><li><a href="Avalanche_cord" title="Avalanche cord">Avalanche cord</a></li>

<li><a href="RECCO" title="RECCO">RECCO</a></li>

<li><a href="Avalanche_transceiver" title="Avalanche transceiver">Transeiver</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Snow_anchor" title="Snow anchor">Snow anchor</a></li>

<li><a href="Snowshoe" title="Snowshoe">Snowshoe</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Australian_rappel" title="Australian rappel">Australian</a></li>

<li><a href="D%C3%BClfersitz" title="Dülfersitz">Dülfersitz</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Belaying" title="Belaying">Belaying</a></li>

<li><a href="Front_pointing" title="Front pointing">Front pointing</a></li>

<li><a href="Glissade_(climbing)" title="Glissade (climbing)">Glissading</a></li>

<li><a href="Fixed_rope" title="Fixed rope">Jumaring</a></li>

<li><a href="Lead_climbing" title="Lead climbing">Leading</a>

<ul><li><a href="Flash_(climbing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flash (climbing)">Flashing</a></li>

<li><a href="Onsight" class="mw-redirect" title="Onsight">Onsighting</a></li>

<li><a href="Redpoint_(climbing)" title="Redpoint (climbing)">Redpointing</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_rescue" title="Mountain rescue">Rescue</a>

<ul><li><a href="Crevasse_rescue" title="Crevasse rescue">Crevasse</a></li>

<li><a href="Self-arrest" title="Self-arrest">Self-arrest</a></li>

<li><a href="Simul-climbing" title="Simul-climbing">Simul-climbing</a>

<li><a href="Spotting_(climbing)" title="Spotting (climbing)">Spotting</a></li>

<li><a href="Traverse_(climbing)" title="Traverse (climbing)">Traversing</a>

<ul><li><a href="Tyrolean_traverse" title="Tyrolean traverse">Tyrolean</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ape_index" title="Ape index">Ape index</a></li>

<li><a href="Approach_shoe" title="Approach shoe">Approach shoe</a></li>

<li><a href="Clean_climbing" title="Clean climbing">Clean</a></li>

<li><a href="Climbing_route" title="Climbing route">Climbing route</a>

<li><a href="Climbing_guidebook" title="Climbing guidebook">Guidebook</a></li>

<li><a href="Chipping_(climbing)" title="Chipping (climbing)">Chipping</a></li>

<li><a href="First_ascent" title="First ascent">First ascent</a></li>

<li><a href="Pitch_(climbing)" title="Pitch (climbing)">Pitch</a></li>

<li><a href="Exposure_(heights)" title="Exposure (heights)">Exposure</a></li>

<li><a href="Fall_factor" title="Fall factor">Fall factor</a></li>

<li><a href="Grade_(climbing)" title="Grade (climbing)">Grades</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_guide" title="Mountain guide">Guides</a></li>

<li>Training

<ul><li><a href="Bachar_ladder" title="Bachar ladder">Bachar ladder</a></li>

<li><a href="Campus_board" title="Campus board">Campus board</a></li>

<li><a href="Hangboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Hangboard">Hangboard</a></li>

<li><a href="MoonBoard" class="mw-redirect" title="MoonBoard">MoonBoard</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Magazines and journals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Alpine_Journal" title="Alpine Journal">Alpine Journal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Alpinist_(magazine)" title="Alpinist (magazine)">Alpinist</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="American_Alpine_Journal" title="American Alpine Journal">American Alpine Journal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Canadian_Alpine_Journal" title="Canadian Alpine Journal">Canadian Alpine Journal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Climbing_(magazine)" title="Climbing (magazine)">Climbing</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Desnivel" title="Desnivel">Desnivel</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Himalayan_Journal" title="Himalayan Journal">Himalayan Journal</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Planinski_Vestnik" title="Planinski Vestnik">Planinski Vestnik</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Summit_(magazine)" title="Summit (magazine)">Summit</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-fiction films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="The_Alpinist" title="The Alpinist">The Alpinist</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="El_Capitan_(film)" title="El Capitan (film)">El Capitan</a></i></li>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Black_Diamond_Equipment" title="Black Diamond Equipment">Black Diamond</a></li>

<li><a href="Cascade_Designs" title="Cascade Designs">Cascade Designs</a></li>

<li><a href="Deuter_Sport" title="Deuter Sport">Deuter</a></li>

<li><a href="Early_Winters_(company)" title="Early Winters (company)">Early Winters</a></li>

<li><a href="Eastern_Mountain_Sports" title="Eastern Mountain Sports">Eastern Mountain Sports</a></li>

<li><a href="Frostline_Kits" title="Frostline Kits">Frostline Kits</a></li>

<li><a href="Gerry_(company)" title="Gerry (company)">GERRY Mountain Sports</a></li>

<li><a href="Grivel_(company)" title="Grivel (company)">Grivel</a></li>

<li><a href="Holubar_Mountaineering" title="Holubar Mountaineering">Holubar Mountaineering</a></li>

<li><a href="JanSport" title="JanSport">JanSport</a></li>

<li><a href="Kellwood_Company" title="Kellwood Company">Sierra Designs</a></li>

<li><a href="Kelty_(company)" title="Kelty (company)">Kelty</a></li>

<li><a href="La_Sportiva" title="La Sportiva">La Sportiva</a></li>

<li><a href="Lowe_Alpine" title="Lowe Alpine">Lowe Alpine</a></li>

<li><a href="Mammut_Sports_Group" title="Mammut Sports Group">Mammut</a></li>

<li><a href="Marmot_(company)" title="Marmot (company)">Marmot Mountain Works</a></li>

<li><a href="Millet_(manufacturer)" title="Millet (manufacturer)">Millet</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_Equipment_Co-op" title="Mountain Equipment Co-op">Mountain Equipment Co-op</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_Safety_Research" title="Mountain Safety Research">Mountain Safety Research</a></li>

<li><a href="Outdoor_Research" title="Outdoor Research">Outdoor Research</a></li>

<li><a href="Patagonia%2C_Inc." title="Patagonia, Inc.">Patagonia</a></li>

<li><a href="Petzl" title="Petzl">Petzl</a></li>

<li><a href="The_North_Face" title="The North Face">The North Face</a></li>

<li><a href="Therm-a-Rest" title="Therm-a-Rest">Therm-a-Rest</a></li>

<li><a href="Wild_Country_(company)" title="Wild Country (company)">Wild Country</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Climbing_clubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Climbing clubs">National</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="The_Access_Fund" title="The Access Fund">Access Fund</a></li>

<li><a href="Alpine_Club_(UK)" title="Alpine Club (UK)">Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Alpine_Club_of_Canada" title="Alpine Club of Canada">Alpine Club of Canada</a></li>

<li><a href="American_Alpine_Club" title="American Alpine Club">American Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Appalachian_Mountain_Club" title="Appalachian Mountain Club">Appalachian Mountain Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Austrian_Alpine_Club" title="Austrian Alpine Club">Austrian Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="British_Mountaineering_Council" title="British Mountaineering Council">British Mountaineering Council</a></li>

<li><a href="Club_Alpin_Fran%C3%A7ais" class="mw-redirect" title="Club Alpin Français">Club Alpin Français</a></li>

<li><a href="Club_Alpino_Italiano" title="Club Alpino Italiano">Club Alpino Italiano</a></li>

<li><a href="Federaci%C3%B3n_Espa%C3%B1ola_de_Deportes_de_Monta%C3%B1a_y_Escalada" class="mw-redirect" title="Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada">Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada</a></li>

<li><a href="F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_fran%C3%A7aise_de_la_montagne_et_de_l'escalade" class="mw-redirect" title="Fédération française de la montagne et de l'escalade">Fédération française de la montagne et de l'escalade</a></li>

<li><a href="German_Alpine_Club" title="German Alpine Club">German Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Pilipinas_Climbing" title="Pilipinas Climbing">Pilipinas Climbing</a></li>

<li><a href="South_African_National_Climbing_Federation" title="South African National Climbing Federation">South African Climbing Federation</a></li>

<li><a href="South_Tyrol_Alpine_Club" title="South Tyrol Alpine Club">South Tyrol Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="Swiss_Alpine_Club" title="Swiss Alpine Club">Swiss Alpine Club</a></li>

<li><a href="USA_Climbing" title="USA Climbing">USA Climbing</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="International_Federation_of_Sport_Climbing" title="International Federation of Sport Climbing">International Federation of Sport Climbing</a> (IFSC)</li>

<li><a href="International_Climbing_and_Mountaineering_Federation" title="International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation">International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation</a> (UIAA)</li>

<li><a href="UIAGM" class="mw-redirect" title="UIAGM">Union Internationale des Associations de Guides de Montagnes</a> (UIAGM)</li>

<li><a href="Union_of_International_Mountain_Leader_Associations" title="Union of International Mountain Leader Associations">Union of International Mountain Leader Associations</a> (UIMLA)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>

<ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"></span></span> <b>Category</b></li>

<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"></span></span> <b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Climbing" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:Climbing">Commons</a></b></li>

<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="WikiProject"></span></span> <b>WikiProject</b></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Extreme_and_adventure_sports176" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Extreme_and_adventure_sports176" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Extreme_sport" title="Extreme sport">Extreme and adventure sports</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Boardsport" title="Boardsport">Boardsports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bellyboarding" title="Bellyboarding">Bellyboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Bodyboarding" title="Bodyboarding">Bodyboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Dirtsurfing" title="Dirtsurfing">Dirtsurfing</a></li>

<li><a href="Kite_landboarding" title="Kite landboarding">Kite landboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Kiteboarding" title="Kiteboarding">Kiteboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Longboarding" title="Longboarding">Longboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Mountainboarding" title="Mountainboarding">Mountainboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Riverboarding" title="Riverboarding">Riverboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Sandboarding" title="Sandboarding">Sandboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Skateboarding" title="Skateboarding">Skateboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Skimboarding" title="Skimboarding">Skimboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Skysurfing" title="Skysurfing">Skysurfing</a></li>

<li><a href="Snowboarding" title="Snowboarding">Snowboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Snowskate" title="Snowskate">Snowskating</a></li>

<li><a href="Street_luge" title="Street luge">Street luging</a></li>

<li><a href="Surfing" title="Surfing">Surfing</a>

<ul><li><a href="River_surfing" title="River surfing">River surfing</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Wakeboarding" title="Wakeboarding">Wakeboarding</a></li>

<li><a href="Windsurfing" title="Windsurfing">Windsurfing</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Motorsport" title="Motorsport">Motorsports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Drifting_(motorsport)" title="Drifting (motorsport)">Drifting</a></li>

<li><a href="Motocross" title="Motocross">Motocross</a></li>

<li><a href="Rallycross" title="Rallycross">Rallycross</a></li>

<li><a href="Rallying" title="Rallying">Rallying</a></li>

<li><a href="Rally_raid" title="Rally raid">Rally raid</a></li>

<li><a href="Snocross" title="Snocross">Snocross</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_water_sports" title="List of water sports">Water sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Coasteering" title="Coasteering">Coasteering</a></li>

<li><a href="Freediving" title="Freediving">Freediving</a></li>

<li><a href="High_diving" title="High diving">High diving</a></li>

<li><a href="Personal_watercraft" title="Personal watercraft">Jet Skiing</a></li>

<li><a href="Scuba_diving" title="Scuba diving">Scuba diving</a>

<ul><li><a href="Cave_diving" title="Cave diving">Cave diving</a></li>

<li><a href="Technical_diving" title="Technical diving">Technical diving</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Snorkeling" title="Snorkeling">Snorkeling</a></li>

<li><a href="Water_skiing" title="Water skiing">Water skiing</a></li>

<li><a href="Whitewater_canoeing" title="Whitewater canoeing">Whitewater canoeing</a></li>

<li><a href="Whitewater_kayaking" title="Whitewater kayaking">Whitewater kayaking</a></li>

<li><a href="Rafting" title="Rafting">Whitewater rafting</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Climbing" title="Climbing">Climbing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Canyoning" title="Canyoning">Canyoning</a></li>

<li><a href="Crane_climbing" title="Crane climbing">Crane climbing</a></li>

<li><a href="Ice_climbing" title="Ice climbing">Ice climbing</a>

<ul><li><a href="Mixed_climbing" title="Mixed climbing">Mixed climbing</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Mountaineering" title="Mountaineering">Mountaineering</a>

<ul><li><a href="Alpine_climbing" title="Alpine climbing">Alpine climbing</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">Rock climbing</a>

<ul><li><a href="Big_wall_climbing" title="Big wall climbing">Big wall climbing</a></li>

<li><a href="Free_solo_climbing" title="Free solo climbing">Free solo climbing</a></li>

<li><a href="Traditional_climbing" title="Traditional climbing">Traditional climbing</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Skyrunning" title="Skyrunning">Skyrunning</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Falling</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="BASE_jumping" title="BASE jumping">BASE jumping</a>

<li><a href="Ski-BASE_jumping" title="Ski-BASE jumping">Ski-BASE jumping</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Bungee_jumping" title="Bungee jumping">Bungee jumping</a></li>

<li><a href="High_diving#Cliff_diving" title="High diving">Cliff-diving</a></li>

<li><a href="Cliff_jumping" title="Cliff jumping">Cliff jumping</a></li>

<li><a href="Tombstoning" class="mw-redirect" title="Tombstoning">Tombstoning</a></li>

<li><a href="Parachuting" title="Parachuting">Parachuting/Skydiving</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Flying</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Aerobatics" title="Aerobatics">Aerobatics</a></li>

<li><a href="Air_racing" title="Air racing">Air racing</a></li>

<li><a href="Gliding" title="Gliding">Gliding</a></li>

<li><a href="Hang_gliding" title="Hang gliding">Hang gliding</a></li>

<li><a href="Paragliding" title="Paragliding">Paragliding</a>

<ul><li><a href="Powered_paragliding" title="Powered paragliding">Powered paragliding</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Parasailing" title="Parasailing">Parasailing</a></li>

<li><a href="Speed_flying" class="mw-redirect" title="Speed flying">Speed flying</a></li>

<li><a href="Wingsuit_flying" title="Wingsuit flying">Wingsuit flying</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cycling</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="BMX_racing" title="BMX racing">BMX racing</a></li>

<li><a href="Freestyle_BMX" title="Freestyle BMX">Freestyle BMX</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Mountain_biking" title="Mountain biking">Mountain biking</a>

<ul><li><a href="Downhill_mountain_biking" title="Downhill mountain biking">Downhill</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rolling</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Freestyle_scootering" title="Freestyle scootering">Freestyle scootering</a></li>

<li><a href="Inline_skating" title="Inline skating">Inline skating</a>

<ul><li><a href="Aggressive_inline_skating" title="Aggressive inline skating">Aggressive inline skating</a></li>

<li><a href="Vert_skating" title="Vert skating">Vert skating</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Roller_skating" title="Roller skating">Roller skating</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Skiing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Extreme_skiing" title="Extreme skiing">Extreme skiing</a></li>

<li><a href="Freeriding_(winter_sport)" title="Freeriding (winter sport)">Freeriding</a></li>

<li><a href="Freestyle_skiing" title="Freestyle skiing">Freestyle skiing</a></li>

<li><a href="Speed_skiing" title="Speed skiing">Speed skiing</a></li>

<li><a href="Ski_mountaineering" title="Ski mountaineering">Ski mountaineering</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Sledding" title="Sledding">Sledding</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bobsleigh" title="Bobsleigh">Bobsleigh</a></li>

<li><a href="Extreme_sledding" title="Extreme sledding">Extreme sledding</a></li>

<li><a href="Skeleton_(sport)" title="Skeleton (sport)">Skeleton</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Adventure_racing" title="Adventure racing">Adventure racing</a></li>

<li><a href="Caving" title="Caving">Caving</a></li>

<li><a href="Cooper's_Hill_Cheese-Rolling_and_Wake" title="Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake">Cheese rolling</a></li>

<li><a href="Extreme_ironing" title="Extreme ironing">Extreme ironing</a></li>

<li><a href="Extreme_Pogo" title="Extreme Pogo">Extreme Pogo</a></li>

<li><a href="Fell_running" title="Fell running">Fell running</a></li>

<li><a href="Obstacle_racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Obstacle racing">Obstacle racing</a></li>

<li><a href="Orienteering" title="Orienteering">Orienteering</a></li>

<li><a href="Jumping_stilts" title="Jumping stilts">Powerbocking</a></li>

<li><a href="Slacklining" title="Slacklining">Slacklining</a></li>

<li><a href="Ultramarathon" title="Ultramarathon">Ultramarathon</a></li>

<li><a href="Zip_line" title="Zip line">Zip-lining</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332231#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata920" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332231#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata920" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Authority control databases </div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1090074">FAST</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh86005265">United States</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16647839s">France</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16647839s">BnF data</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nli.org.il/en/authorities/987007560894905171">Israel</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lux.collections.yale.edu/view/concept/207361a7-4da2-421c-a93b-afc472c6e882">Yale LUX</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

This article is issued from <a class="external text" title="Last edited on 2025-08-06" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?title=Abseiling&oldid=1304483630">Wikipedia</a>. The text is available under <a class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0</a> unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

</div>

</div></div>

</div>

</main>

</div>

</body></html>