When I went abseiling, we used a cliff to climb down.
I suppose it's harder without something to walk your
feet down. And it was done as a complete entity. The
cliff was at the edge of our camp, so there was no
climbing involved.
I didn't find it very exciting, adventurous, or scary.
Some people refused to go, but I guess they were just
scared of heights (or pathetic). It felt pretty safe
to me. Mind you, this was pre-Cliffhanger, so I didn't
think about breaking caribiners.
I have never been rappelling, so don't know what the
difference is. I nearly went sky-diving once, but the
lessons were on the wrong night.
Jody.
> Abseiling is one small part of climbing, usually
> used as a means
> of descent
> after the climb is over. Its popularity as an
> adventure program
> activity
> stems from the high perceived risk (stepping over
> the edge)
> coupled with
> low real risks (provided belays and other safety
> procedures are
> fully in
> effect).
>
> From my point of view, the main differences between
> rappeling
> and abseiling
> is that rappelling kind of requires a wall, or
> cliff, of some
> sort that will
> give your feet and legs some sort of landing zone to
> allow you
> to push off
> from and land on in your descent.
>
> Abseiling has heavier dependence on equipment and
> will allow you
> to descend
> safely even when there is no wall or cliff for you
> to land on.
>
> Take a look at these URLs.
>
> http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~kim/photos/abseil/
>
> http://www.calpoly.edu/~epeabody/CLIMBanchor.html
>
> Len
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Doug Franklin
> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 7:59 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: OT: Re: What Do You Carry
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 14 May 2001 04:18:34 -0700 (PDT), petit
> miam wrote:
> >
> > > [...] abseiling. [...]
> >
> > OK. I've looked at dictionary.com, britannica.com,
> > and webster.com, and
> > they're not helping out. Can anyone out there tell
> me
> > the difference
> > between abseiling and rappeling?
> >
> > TTYL, DougF
> >
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