rap jumpingn.
/ˈrap ˌdʒʌmpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈræp ˌdʒəmpɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈræp ˌdʒʌmpɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈrɛp ˌdʒʌmpɪŋ/ Chiefly New Zealand and Australian.
A form of abseiling in which the participant is positioned facing the direction of the descent.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > techniques
ice work1856
abseil1923
rappel1931
bridging1941
prusik1972
bridge1986
rap jumping1992
crimp1994
1992 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator 30 June c1/4 Letting the rope feed through your hands is the essence of rap-jumping (a reference to rappeling, a descent technique in climbing).
1997 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 4 Jan. The programme included rap jumping in Auckland.
2001 B. Hatch Internat. Gooseberry 211 Eva's Backpackers on Orvell Street is painted in pastel colours with pictures of footprints walking up the walls and adverts for..adventure sports like kayaking, rap-jumping, zorbing, tandem sky-diving and bungee-jumping.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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