A call is heard to all adrenaline junkies as abseiling is fast becoming one of the most popular extreme sports in the world! Thrill seekers, extreme weekenders and the like are quickly discovering why abseiling is a perfect excuse to test our collective sanity.
Abseiling, the practice of climbing a vertical surface, is an element of rock climbing, one of 18 adventure/extreme land sports. On its own, rappelling is considered more dangerous than the climb itself. Enthusiasts and amateurs alike have developed a fixation on this terrestrial sport for what it has to offer.
So why do people consider rappelling the best adventure sport of all time?
1. Tremendous Heights – A component of climbing, abseiling fully shows you how high you have reached through a totally different method. Wearing the familiar climbing gear, you take your first stressful step over a vertical edge that takes you into a whole new dimension. With the vertical surface in front of you, it’s just a vast space that only a flying animal could regularly see.
2. High risk element – A main criterion in all adventure sports, rappelling fills you with the exhilaration of one of the greatest adrenaline rushes as you descend vertical terrain from 60 to 500 feet high, with only a harness and rope to support everything your weight.
3. High level of physical exertion – It’s not just about hanging, hold on to the rope and wait until your feet hit the ground. Rappelling requires a lot of physical and mental coordination. While suspended, a lot of effort is needed to avoid an uncontrollable spiral or body slam against the vertical surface. Rappelling uses a lot of lower body force, during the descent you use your feet and legs for support and balance.
4. Highly specialized team – An underlying determinant of an adventure support, highly specialized equipment is used for the survival of the participant during a rappel. Ropes, descender, retarders, carabiners, climbing harness, climbing helmet, anchors, gloves, knee and elbow pads make up the essential equipment for rappelling.
5. Pushing your limits – Abseiling is an absolute activity to rediscover thresholds and break human physical and mental borders. Do you want absolute madness? Branch out and make an Aussie style reminder!
6. Path less trodden – The possibilities are endless! Not limited to mountainous terrain, dozens of rappelling spots abound, complete with spectacular views. Being such an accommodating sport, abseiling can have a setting as accustomed to a mountain or canyon or as typical as an old bridge, the tallest skyscraper or even colossal waterfalls. Every rappelling experience is completely different from the next, making every rappelling something to look forward to.
7. Fear Factor – Adventure sports are perceived as designed to impress people with the ability to do things that are not normally done or should not even be done. This understanding is set to derive from a primary source of all human limitations: fear. The rappel has a capital “F” all over it. All the more reason to expect the ultimate adrenaline rush.
Rappelling is a fun and exciting extreme sport. As with any adventure sport; the euphoric rush of an achievement is addictive. Rappelling is an activity that tolerates this craving. Rappel 100 feet higher or into a wilder place. The options are endless, all of them full of excitement and adrenaline! So why not try abseiling?
