Descent
Rappel
Rappel 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.
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For only a four/five-story descent, Battlefield 3 manages to be pretty scary with its first-person Australian rappel.
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