The deceased was fixing the rope at Konkankadarappelling point, some 250 kilometres from here, on Saturday evening when he fell. his body was found on Sunday
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The body of a 60-year-old man who fell into a valley while fixing a rappelling rope in
Harischandragad in Ahmednagar district on Saturday was recovered a day later, police said.
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Arun Sawant was fixing the rope at Konkankadarappelling point, some 250 kilometres from here, on Saturday evening when he fell, and his body was found at around 2 pm on Sunday, Assistant Inspector SH Kharmade of Tokawade police station told PTI.
Another police official said Sawant, a resident of Goregaon in Mumbai, was part of a group of 30 trekkers. Rappelling, from French rappeler which means 'to recall' or 'to pull through', is a controlled descent off a vertical drop, such as a rock face, using a rope.
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