I was sort of looking forward to the abseil, although I was dreading it a bit as well and was a bit scared. |
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The abseil was completed, but we suffered a 30-minute delay due to the abseiling staff pointing us in the wrong direction at the bottom. |
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We climbed back up the cliff face then strapped into our harnesses for the abseil. |
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I've taken lots of challenges during my radio life but have not done an abseil before. |
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I am petrified of heights and last year did an abseil which I found really scary. |
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The challenge was to abseil through a vertical fissure, with lights off, into a large underground cavern. |
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The instructor who assisted her on the way down said that she did a textbook abseil. |
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Sue, 45, a technical advisor, is scared of heights but said that the abseil was worth it. |
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Cruise down the Brisbane River, ride a bike through the City Botanic Gardens and abseil the cliffs of Kangaroo Point. |
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Climb or abseil the granite rock outcrops or increase your adrenalin shot going paragliding, sky diving, caving and canyoning. |
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Other forthcoming events planned to raise cash for the appeal include a sponsored abseil on May 1 from the 100 ft high WH Smith building in Greenbridge. |
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Slide in the chutes, jump in the clear water bassins and abseil down a waterfall are the news water pleasures in the mountain. |
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The Ardennes are easily accessible if you want to climb, abseil, ski, go mountain-biking or enjoy a very long walk. |
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Thanks to the centrifugally controlled brake, the device keeps the speed constant for the entire abseil run, thus enabling swift and safe rescue. |
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Venture into the world of rock climbing and learn rope techniques, how to belay, second and lead, and how to abseil. |
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Phase one began with a morning abseil down a 45m cylinder at Brisbane's Mount Crosby water treatment facility, followed by rafting in the afternoon. |
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Kayak the Brisbane River, abseil Kangaroo Point cliffs and scale the Story Bridge. |
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Climb or abseil the sheer cliffs at Kangaroo Point or walk, bike ride or rollerblade over the floating walkways of Brisbane Riverwalk. |
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The Jervis Bay area provided plenty of scope for rough paddling, crazy downhill mountain biking, challenging navigation and even an abseil with bikes! |
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Beatiful jumps, many abseil and beatiful water fall. |
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In this activity you will have to swim, jump into pools, abseil and walk. |
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Caving, or speleology as it is sometimes called, can give you the chance to abseil down underground waterfalls, squeeze through holes and abseil down rifts. |
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One Direction sported red noses to encourage the American public to donate while Gwyneth Paltrow got stuck as she attempted to abseil down from the ceiling of the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. |
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The Orange County Sheriff's Department released grainy video footage of what officials said was one of the escapees preparing to abseil off the roof. |
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Minutes later the helicopter hovered over containers on the bow of the MS Taipan allowing a unit of heavily armed marines to abseil on to the deck, storm the vessel and retake it. |
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I could rock-climb, I could kayak, abseil or surf. |
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For an adrenalin-pumping view of the city and its surrounds, you can do a bridge climb, abseil down Kangaroo Point Cliffs or coast over in a hot air balloon. |
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Rock climb and abseil sheer cliff faces, bushwalk through rugged ranges and take a four wheel drive to some of the most remote locations on earth. |
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Secured by a guide, you will slowly abseil 140m towards the ground. |
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Know how to abseil and have already done rope climbing. |
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The Crest tower, the highest dungeon in France: you can abseil down it! |
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Double ropes are usually reserved for ice and mixed climbing, where there is need for two ropes to rappel or abseil. |
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Now the charity is appealing for daredevils to come forward to make the event the biggest abseil ever conducted in North Wales. |
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The court heard that a few minutes into the abseil, Mr Faichney started to feel the rope moving and slipping. |
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A BIRMINGHAM-based children's heart charity is hosting an abseil event to help raise money for poorly kids. |
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Explore coastal paths by bike, climb and abseil, discover hidden caves by kayak, take a boat cruise and play Bocci with the locals. |
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Those wishing to climb Napes Needle should be warned that a safe descent is far more difficult than the ascent as there are no permanent anchors or bolts from which to abseil. |
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Those taking part donned superhero outfits as they descended from The Vermont Hotel, the region's highest abseil point, to raise money to help fight global poverty. |
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The abseil, which will be the last until Quayside developments are complete, is a drop from the side of the bridge into the car park of the Tuxedo Princess. |
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A relatively simple abseil can be set up to get down from the shoulder. |
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The company will also be holding abseils at their residence halls in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield and Newport in what is billed as the UK's biggest charity abseil. |
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