How To Use Abseil In A Sentence
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I am petrified of heights and last year did an abseil which I found really scary.
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The exhilaration of a mountain summit or the thrill of abseiling into a gorge are experiences that will stay with them.
Times, Sunday Times
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Paul said: ‘There are plenty of activities the whole family can try out together, such as kayaking, canoeing, sailing, rock climbing, abseiling, fell-walking, orienteering and cycling.’
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Seventeen-year-old Jack Kirkby has just returned from a trip to New Zealand, where he has been skiing, taking helicopter rides and even abseiling.
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Other activities range from abseiling and archery to caving.
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Activities include abseiling, archery and raft building.
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Reaching the nests often involves abseiling down sheer cliff faces and only one egg may be taken from each clutch.
The Sun
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Abseiling is a daunting challenge at any age—but it's especially impressive when Reynolds does it, given he's 105.
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The challenge was to abseil through a vertical fissure, with lights off, into a large underground cavern.
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Cleaning the windows of the Arndale tower was previously carried out by window cleaners abseiling down the side of the building, but the hoist system ensures a more efficient and safer job.
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I abseiled frontward down a rock face - never again.
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Mustafa Quraishi/Associated Press A paratrooper abseiled from a helicopter as part of a drill on Indian Army Day, Sunday.
Indian Army Day
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They meet up with other young carers from around the country and do activities such as abseiling and gorge walking.
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Reaching the nests often involves abseiling down sheer cliff faces and only one egg may be taken from each clutch.
The Sun
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On Sept. 10, 1994, a New South Wales naturalist named David Noble abseiled into one of the more than 500 canyons in Wollemi National Park -- some 60 miles east of the megalopolis of Sydney -- and discovered a stand of prehistoric coniferous Wollemi pines, representing the 110-million-year-old supercontinent of Gondwanaland.
Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Change and Australia's Living Pinosaur
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They were like demons, cunningly abseiling upwards to the ceiling to hang over me all night.
ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies
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We planned to cut ice bollards and ice threads to save our precious supply of abseil gear.
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FORTY-FIVE daredevils will abseil down Leigh Parish Church this weekend to celebrate the end of two years of fund-raising - and to boost their own charity funds.
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The exhilaration of a mountain summit or the thrill of abseiling into a gorge are experiences that will stay with them.
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The abandoned abseil rope flapped in the hot wind like a loose aerial cable.
CHAMELEON
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Inspector Kench set up a rope system and abseiled down to rescue the frightened animal, which, to his horror, then tried to escape.
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Most activity centres will have a climbing wall, which also allows abseiling and rope handling to be taught.
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To get to it, one must abseil down through a plume of water, dropping into a dark hole.
Between a Rock and a Waterfall
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Activities include abseiling, climbing, cycling and canoeing.
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In this instance, the truly brave thing for him to have done would have been to drop the whole military idea and take up abseiling or hang-gliding – indeed, any pursuit that only puts his own neck at risk.
Farewell and good riddance to Little Britain | Barbara Ellen
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I've done abseiling and rock climbing and rope courses and stuff - it usually takes me hours to work up the courage, and everyone gets annoyed with me, but I always do it in the end.
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I've taken lots of challenges during my radio life but have not done an abseil before.
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The ropes are then threaded through a figure-eight device clamped into the harness, allowing kloofers to "abseil," or rappel, great distances at a controlled clip.
Between a Rock and a Waterfall
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They went climbing and abseiling, camping in the rain.
Times, Sunday Times
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Organisers will offer the participants—who claim to be unable to survive without their smartphones, tablets, or computers —the chance to try back-to-basics outdoor activities potentially including hill walking, archery, and abseiling.
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We planned to cut ice bollards and ice threads to save our precious supply of abseil gear.
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Sue, 45, a technical advisor, is scared of heights but said that the abseil was worth it.
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The winners will take part in canoeing, water skiing, rock climbing, abseiling, mountain biking, orienteering and hill walking.
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I loved aerobics, windsurfing and outdoor sports like abseiling and canoeing.
The Sun
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The demonstration involved Royal Marines abseiling from a Lynx helicopter to the deck of the ship while under way at speed - a technique known as fast roping.
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Reaching the nests often involves abseiling down sheer cliff faces and only one egg may be taken from each clutch.
The Sun
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As I abseiled down, I passed beside a shadowy cavern that few would ever get to see.
Between a Rock and a Waterfall
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The trip sees the pair clinging to the side of a helicopter before abseiling down a cliff face and camping in a cave.
The Sun
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Plans for a gentle walk followed by lunch, a snooze in the library then afternoon tea are quickly thwarted when I discover we are all off for a spot of abseiling at Neiste Point.
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Wayne Du Plooy Kloofing enthusiast and private guide Teuns Kok begins the first abseil down a vertiginous waterfall of Ostrich Kloof, Volstruiskloof, South Africa.
Up and Down Canyons
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His beard got caught in the rope during an abseiling stunt gone wrong.
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Activities include abseiling, archery and raft building.
Times, Sunday Times
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The coup de grace was plopping onto our backsides and sliding down a grassy bank to our first abseil point.
Between a Rock and a Waterfall
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Activities will include canoeing, indoor rock-climbing, abseiling, archery and orienteering.
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Activities include abseiling, archery and raft building.
Times, Sunday Times
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We climbed back up the cliff face then strapped into our harnesses for the abseil.
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The Bond theme plays as he exits on his makeshift abseiling rope.
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I was sort of looking forward to the abseil, although I was dreading it a bit as well and was a bit scared.
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Not wasting a moment, their advance party—Wolf, Mao, and five Chinese paratroopers—abseiled down the face of the now-exposed cliff, until they eventually landed on wet sand, right in front of the massive stone entry doorway.
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS
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A specialist team abseiled down the quarry with an animal rope sling to rescue border collie Meg after she was spotted on a rock ledge three days after going missing from her Cliviger home.
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I am petrified of heights and last year did an abseil which I found really scary.
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Staff at HSBC, in Parliament Street, York, got their adrenalin pumping by abseiling down the four-storey building.
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Activities include abseiling, archery and raft building.
Times, Sunday Times
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Other forthcoming events planned to raise cash for the appeal include a sponsored abseil on May 1 from the 100 ft high WH Smith building in Greenbridge.
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A specialist team abseiled down the quarry with an animal rope sling to rescue border collie Meg after she was spotted on a rock ledge three days after going missing from her Cliviger home.
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A variety of adrenaline pumping activities including skydiving, rock-climbing, abseiling, canoeing/river adventures, gliding, kloofing and mountain biking, are available.
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Every spring the children in Years 5 and 6 are taken on a residential visit to take part in such activities as rock climbing, abseiling and orienteering etc.
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For the daredevils out there, the charity is also organising a sponsored abseil, with the nearest taking place in Sheffield on the weekend of October 13-14.
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They said they packed in abseiling, caving and night orienteering into their two-day stay and hoped to raise money to go back there.
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Mr Gallivan said it was not possible to be sure what had led to the fall, but the man may have been abseiling when he let go of the rope and dropped out of control.
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Activities include abseiling, archery and raft building.
Times, Sunday Times
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The caving expedition commenced with an abseil into the Elder cave system then through a gap (the first of many) which looked barely big enough to fit through the battery pack for the head lamps, let alone a whole person.
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Other activities range from abseiling and archery to caving.
Times, Sunday Times
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FIVE schoolboys rescued a walker and his pet dog from a narrow ledge on a cliff by pulling them up on abseiling ropes.
The Sun
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The parks also offer orienteering routes, abseiling and kayaking facilities, and mountain biking.
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FIVE schoolboys rescued a walker and his pet dog from a narrow ledge on a cliff by pulling them up on abseiling ropes.
The Sun
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Mrs Swift has completed eight parachute jumps and numerous abseils and did her last freefall in July at the age of 83.
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I loved aerobics, windsurfing and outdoor sports like abseiling and canoeing.
The Sun
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The abseil was the idea of Debs Hirst, who roped in colleagues Becky Brewster, Sue Rylands,
News round-up
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There were only two reported crimes involving the youngsters, who had been sent on fishing trips, abseiling, go-karting, ice skating and community projects such as working in local beauty spots.
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The 13-year-old company uses abseiling techniques to carry out construction and other services in difficult locations.
Times, Sunday Times
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Abseiling is regarded as being safely within anyone's limitations: the staff at the remarkable centre are equipped so that folk with all manner of disabilities can ascend and descend climbing walls.
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‘The evidence of their possession is the rusting pitons, abseil slings and other paraphernalia which adorn the main ridge,’ he said.
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And different experiences are something that Julie has thrown herself headlong into, including free-fall skydiving and abseiling.
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Most activity centres will have a climbing wall, which also allows abseiling and rope handling to be taught.
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It is also deemed the adventure capital of the world with its bungee jumping, white-water rafting, jet-boating, zorbing (rolling down a hill inside a giant inflatable ball), skydiving, abseiling and hang-gliding.
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Whether it's the adrenalin rush of abseiling down a vertical cliff, the hectic pace of kloofing or reaching the summit of a majestic mountain there will be an adventure to suit you.
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Wayne Du Plooy Weathering Heights: Kloofing enthusiast and private guide Teuns Kok beginning the first abseil down a vertiginous waterfall of Ostrich Kloof, South Africa.
Between a Rock and a Waterfall
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Rappelling is just another word for ‘abseiling’ or letting yourself drop down over a cliff while controlling your rate of descent by tensioning your rope.
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Activities include abseiling, climbing, cycling and canoeing.
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They went climbing and abseiling, camping in the rain.
Times, Sunday Times
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Size isn't important, or so the saying goes… but abseilers might think differently after a banner left them, and Rochdale Council, in a flap.
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As a result a number of teams were put through a three-day activity that used the disciplines of abseiling, canyoning and whitewater rafting.
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By the end of abseil number two, my arms were tired, my clothes wet and my shins bleeding — only 13 more points to go.
Between a Rock and a Waterfall
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Their abseiling antics provided the crowd with a delightful show of strength and control.
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The Trust, which supports children's healthcare across the North West, has raised more than £5 million since its creation and is hoping the abseil will become a major annual event.
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Here," said Mr. Kok, quickly handing me his abseil device.
Between a Rock and a Waterfall
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Frankly, it's so steep that an abseiling rope would be a more suitable means of descent.
Times, Sunday Times
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The best characterised of these glands is the major ampullate gland that produces dragline silk - the type that the spider uses to abseil from walls and ceilings.
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While some people may enjoy an adrenaline rush leaping off high bridges attached to a bungee cord, abseiling down a rocky cliff will probably have supporters among those who prefer the slower but more adventurous route to the bottom.
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Reaching the nests often involves abseiling down sheer cliff faces and only one egg may be taken from each clutch.
The Sun
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The exhilaration of a mountain summit or the thrill of abseiling into a gorge are experiences that will stay with them.
Times, Sunday Times
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The 13-year-old company uses abseiling techniques to carry out construction and other services in difficult locations.
Times, Sunday Times
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She said after the abseil: ‘It was great going down because there were people waving to me at every window.’
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The abseil is to raise funds for Cancer Research UK, which hopes to raise £15,000 for research into breast cancer.
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We climbed back up the cliff face then strapped into our harnesses for the abseil.
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Look what we offer: rock-climbing, abseiling, canoeing.
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Abseiling at the Europa: A number of locals took part in a sponsored abseil from the roof of the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Saturday last.
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Climbing with Chris Bonington and several other top British climbers, Venables was abseiling high on the sacred and unclimbed Himalayan mountain of Panch Chuli V when the Slender Thread of the book's title gave way.
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He has since done a charity abseil down the side of Manchester City's Kippax Stand and tried hang-gliding, power-gliding, jet-skiing, fire-eating and a two-mile tandem sky drop.
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Abseiling has long been used in canyoneering, rock climbing, caving, and mountaining to descend slopes or cliffs that are too steep to simply hike down.
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Since his tragic mishap, the former marathon runner has accomplished many projects including an outward bound course, abseiling and canoeing.
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Frankly, it's so steep that an abseiling rope would be a more suitable means of descent.
Times, Sunday Times
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The TV series sees Baz and his 70-year-old mum travelling the world and taking on a series of challenges from military training to abseiling.
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I love abseiling and rock climbing and I even have a motorbike.
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The exhilaration of a mountain summit or the thrill of abseiling into a gorge are experiences that will stay with them.
Times, Sunday Times
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The abseil was completed, but we suffered a 30-minute delay due to the abseiling staff pointing us in the wrong direction at the bottom.
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It was a refreshing change from the office and I tagged along as the team spent the next seven hours setting up anchor systems and despatching members off into pools of freezing water, with abseils ranging from seven to 65m.
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Reaching the nests often involves abseiling down sheer cliff faces and only one egg may be taken from each clutch.
The Sun
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Reaching the nests often involves abseiling down sheer cliff faces and only one egg may be taken from each clutch.
The Sun
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The British Institute for Brain Injured Children is appealing for would-be daredevils to take up the challenge of abseiling 100 ft down the WHSmith building in Swindon.
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One of the encomia recalled how he had, in his 80s, abseiled down his local church spire, even pausing to wave to the photographers.
Simon Hoggart's week: Keeping ahead of the rhinos
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The next abseil started with a gentle grass slope but then it dropped onto a monstrous mossy maw.
Between a Rock and a Waterfall
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Cascade abseiling is not to be taken lightly and probably not by anybody with anything less than a medium level of fitness.
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We hiked, swam, climbed, potholed, abseiled, ran, jumped, fell in, fell over and camped on most of Yorkshire, Cumbria and Northumberland during my time with the association.
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Among the activities they partook in were abseiling, exploring the local beach and climbing over the famous limestone mountains.
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Read in studio Eight daredevils have conquered a six hundred foot power station chimney, by abseiling down it for charity.
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You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing
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You practice abseiling down the rope, using a special device called a STOP - different to a climbing descendeur, it gives much more control over your descent.
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Harry, who has already demonstrated a love of extreme sports in his pursuit of rugby, polo, skiing, abseiling and scuba diving, played in the lines position, the equivalent of a flanker.
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Last year we got money to spend on playground games, but the bats were soon turned into weapons and the skipping ropes used for abseiling.
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You can go deep-sea fishing, kayaking and abseiling as well.
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The tiny pebble of a chockstone is completely hidden by the sling looped over it so that it appears you are abseiling on a piece of tape wedged into a vertical crack…
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We hiked, swam, climbed, potholed, abseiled, ran, jumped, fell in, fell over and camped on most of Yorkshire, Cumbria and Northumberland during my time with the association.
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Reaching the nests often involves abseiling down sheer cliff faces and only one egg may be taken from each clutch.
The Sun
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The trip was made possible after the group raised more than £18,000, with the help of local businesses, and their own initiatives, such as an abseil from the top of Horwich Fire Station.
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Listening to the instructions from one of them, I had the impressions that this was their very first 'abseil' experience ever.
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Activities on offer include motorsports, high ropes, abseiling, a giant swing and initiative tests, and there's entertainment every night.
Times, Sunday Times
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She said: ‘It was a combination of believing in the cause and wanting to do something that made me have a go at the abseil.’
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I've been climbing for three years and partaking in sort of sports like this for probably five, like abseiling and canyoning.
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The trip sees the pair clinging to the side of a helicopter before abseiling down a cliff face and camping in a cave.
The Sun
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Rigging up his rope, Howie ventured out on to the rock face and abseiled down to what we could only assume was a ledge.
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In the mid-levels of the tower, semi-external climbing and abseiling environments are located between the hexagrid skin and the central core, creating a 140-meter high elevated climbing experience.
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The Jervis Bay area provided plenty of scope for rough paddling, crazy downhill mountain biking, challenging navigation and even an abseil with bikes!
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The instructor who assisted her on the way down said that she did a textbook abseil.
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After threading the rope through a rusting Karabiner attached to a wire hawser wrapped around a rock beneath the Bolster Stone, Hugh abseiled off, after clipping me onto the rope via a ‘figure of eight’ descendeur.
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FIVE schoolboys rescued a walker and his pet dog from a narrow ledge on a cliff by pulling them up on abseiling ropes.
The Sun
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Commando soldiers were aired by helicopters then abseiled into the vessels, opening fire on unarmed civilians at 4: 30 a.m.
Wael Nawara: Why Should Israel Behave?
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It can be used for activities including abseiling and climbing.
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It can be used for activities including abseiling and climbing.
Times, Sunday Times
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This is a good place to abseil down the face without committing yourself to a hard route out again.
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You say that ‘retirees’ do not want an active life thrust upon them, ‘nor do they aspire to go abseiling in their eighties’.
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Scampering up soapy slopes for the It's a Knockout Challenge, bivouacking for the night and abseiling down Ilkley's famous Cow and Calf rocks are some of the tasks.
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The training covered four specific skill areas, starting with instruction and training in combat signals, tactical river crossing, climbing and abseiling.
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We fixed the ropes and abseiled down through the spray of the waterfalls, dropping directly into pools.
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ARE you the kind of sado - masochist, er, sorry I meant 'outdoor-type' who loves abseiling, waterfall-climbing, high-rope crossings, water jumps and rock slides?
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Since his tragic mishap, the former marathon runner has accomplished many projects including an outward bound course, abseiling and canoeing.
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Despite my fear, I have jumped out of planes, bungeed over gambling towns, scaled buildings without ropes, and abseiled from the odd mountain here and there.
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To get off the yacht required abseiling down a rope but I was too scared to make that small jump onto the rope.
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No more should be allowed as this may interfere with enjoyment of other abseilers on the same cliff. 7.
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Three daredevils took the plunge and abseiled down ‘Devils Gorge’ in Wales to raise money for charity.
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Phase one began with a morning abseil down a 45m cylinder at Brisbane's Mount Crosby water treatment facility, followed by rafting in the afternoon.
