A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
To lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside.
a descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point
lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "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"
(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
lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
