2026-04-25 02:43 UTC
In the US it's generally called rappelling - abseiling is derived from the german term, but it's seldom used in the states.
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@ms_lane@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 04:20
Conversely, in Australia I've only ever heard 'Rappelling' in US movies, the common term is Abseiling here.
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@frongt@lemmy.zip 2026-04-25 12:48
I don't know if it's just a me thing, but I think of rappelling as being against a surface, while if you do it in the open air it's abseiling (though you could call it abseiling against a surface too).