Add to this clothing and long hair tangled in the abseil device; trips, flips and swings; the end of a rope being reached unexpectedly; plus the odd jammed rope, sharp edge and falling rock or piece ...

And, despite it sometimes being presented as a glamorous activity, abseiling has caused more fatalities than any other mountaineering activity. Abseiling involves descending rope(s) using a friction ...

The exhibition features the RAF's V-bombers, the Victor, Valiant and Vulcan, some of which are suspended from the ceiling.