A common and false perception of abseiling is that it is an adventure activity that is completely safe. But accidents do occur even in controlled circumstances. The BMC’s Equipment Failure ...

A Californian woman has died after a climbing accident in Nevada’s Red Rock ... her smile was contagious.” Also known as abseiling, rappelling is the climbing term used to describe the act ...

Steve, then aged 75, had been enjoying a day of climbing at Slipstone Crags with his wife when the accident occurred ... eventually managed to continue his abseil to the ground.