What is "rappelling"

n. a system used to descend heights with a rope vb. (present participle of rappel English)

1. v. 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" [syn: abseil, rope down]

2. [also: rappelling, rappelled]

See rappel