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Descend A Mountain By Rope Crossword Clue

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noun

• (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body

verb

• descend by means of a rappel

32%9 One who uses a rope to descend underground passages
noun

• someone who descends

• a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters

• (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters

32%8 Used rope and carabiners to safely descend a wall
noun

• (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body

verb

• descend by means of a rappel

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