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Descriptor English: Abseiling
Descriptor Spanish: Descenso en Rápel
Descriptor descenso en rapel
Scope note: Técnica de descenso usada en alpinismo o en RESCATE, consistente en el deslizamiento vertical rápido a lo largo de una cuerda pendiente en lo alto de una pared, montaña, acantilado, etcétera. (Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPAS, 1992)
Descriptor Portuguese: Rapel
Descriptor French: Descente en Rappel
Entry term(s): Rappelling
Tree number(s): SP8.570.747.231.830.402.568.109
Scope note: The controlled descent down a rock face using a rope. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abseiling)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 34945
Unique ID: DDCS034945
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Abseiling - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060813
Scope note The controlled descent down a rock face using a rope. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abseiling)
Preferred term Abseiling
Entry term(s) Rappelling



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