Editing Abseiling (section)

== Application ==
[[File:Rappel from helicopter.JPG|thumb|right|A [[United States Air Force Pararescue]]man rappels from a helicopter during a training exercise in Iraq, 2008]]

Abseiling is used in a number of applications, including:
* [[Climbing]] – for returning to the base of a climb or to a point where one can try a new route.
* [[Fun|Recreation]]
* [[Canyoning]] – to descend tall waterfalls or cliffs. 
* [[Mountaineering]] 
* [[Caving]] and [[speleology]] – where underground [[pitch (vertical space)|pitches]] need to be accessed.
* [[Adventure racing]]
* Industrial/commercial applications – to access parts of structures or buildings so as to perform maintenance, cleaning or construction, known as [[rope access]].
* Access to [[wildfire]]s.
* Confined spaces access – e.g. ballast tanks, manholes
* [[Rescue]] applications – used to access injured people on or nearby cliffs.
* [[Military]] applications – tactical [[Air assault|heliborne]] insertion of troops, including [[special forces]], into the battlefield close to the objective when proper landing zones are not available.