http://www.iain.co.uk/abseil.htm
What exactly is abseiling ?
Whether above ground or underground, abseiling is having lots of fun sliding down
a rope under control, but to be really cool you have to get your pronunciation right
too, so please pay attention....there will be a test afterwards !
In German "Seil" = rope (pronounced SILE not SAIL)
& "Ab" = go down. Americans have to be different, so
they use the French word "rapelling".