rappel

IPA: rˈæpʌɫ

Examples of "rappel" in Sentences

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 un rappel un rappel (rah pel) noun, masculine
Reports now indicate that Navy seals were used to rappel down from helicopers onto the apartment compound.
And the easiest thing on it is a hard 5.9. yeah, I had my ass kicked, but afterwards we ate pizza, and I did learn to rappel.
It was a 5.7 on a big old slab, and The Jeff had to rappel down to set it (he is so very multitalented) and I am grateful, because hey!
But now Michelle has a problem she can't blame on her competitors: She must rappel down the side of a skyscraper, and she's afraid of heights.
There was just enough slack in the umbilical to allow him to plant his feet on the railing and lean back as if he was about to rappel into the water.
And it turns out that Cashman's decisions last winter to rappel down buildings in Stamford, Conn., and guest bartend at charity events had little to do with whether he wanted to remain as general manager of the Yankees.
Soon after the school opened, I signed up and learned how to belay and rappel, and about the play of rock climbing on the senses: the clink of the hammer on a piton, the warmth of the sunlit granite under my hand, the radiant clouds sailing overhead.