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[ verb ] lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
Examples "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous" "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point
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