Climbing-wall and pendulum-fall, swing apparatus and method

A method of amusement riding comprising:

• providing a climbing structure extending upward away from a surface, a belay line capable of connecting to and belaying a user ascending the climbing structure, a support system oriented to swing the user on the belay line away from the climbing structure in response to a pendulum fall by the user, a center of pivot about which the belay line turns down to the user and which remains movable away from the climbing structure during the pendulum fall;
• connecting to a proximate end of the belay line a harness secured about the user proximate the surface;
• taking up slack in the belay line;
• drawing the user toward a registration position proximate the climbing structure and the support system;
• dropping the user in a pendulum fall by moving the pivot point away from the climbing structure;
• swinging by the user away from and then back toward the climbing structure;
• attenuating the swinging by moving the center of pivot toward the climbing structure during the swinging back toward the climbing structure;
• and
• descending the user to the surface by paying out the belay line with the pivot point remaining in a fixed location.