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English to English noun
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(mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body |  | source: wordnet30 verb
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lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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