Abseiling- extreme sport, and it’s really popular nowadays. It`s a controlled descent down from a height. Abseiling takes place all over the world, because you can use any high mountains, walls and skyscrapers.
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At the beginning of the XX century, German climber Hans Johannes Emil Dülfer, first «abseiler», used only a rope to go down the mountain. He kept a rope in his hands like on the first picture. Later, other climbers used a rope and carbine like on the second picture.
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Nowadays, for abseiling you must use a strong rape, different carbines, special device- «eight», your hands and climbing skills. If you are a beginner, you need good insurance, too.
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Today abseiling is a part of our life. In the city we can see cleaners of skyscrapers- they go abseiling every day, because this is their job.
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Special forces are needed to abseil, too. The Australian army- the first army in the world, that includes abseiling in trainings.
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Abseiling is very dangerous, and people, who go in for abseiling are really brave, active and strong. And sometimes crazy.
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ABSEILING Vlasenco Eugene Kiseleva Kate 10 «A» form