When I was climbing, we considered "abseiling" to be the same as
"rappelling". Each involves sliding down a rope in controlled (?) fashion.
The rope, and the rock below, don't care if you use the German or French
term. In fact, when you are in rapidly falling light, the wind is blowing,
there is a mix of rain/freezing rain/sleet/snow coming down fast, you are
off route on the descent, you can't tell if the rappel rope is long enough
to have reached the next ledge below (which you can't see), at that point
the climber doesn't really care what you call it either. Or at least that
was my experience.
(To make a long story short, the rope reached, I didn't die, but I did
wonder there for awhile . . .)
Stan
> From: petit miam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 22:33:03 -0700 (PDT)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OT: Re: What Do You Carry
>
> I actually thought it was the other way around. But I
> dunno.
>
>> I believe rappeling refers strictly to 'walking'
>> down a rock face,
>> while abseiling can also include simply sliding down
>> a rope which
>> is many feet away from the nearest surface. But
>> that's just my
>> impression; I'm open to correction by those with
>> definite knowledge.
>>
>> --
>> John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Silicon
>
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