General Climbing Discussion

Topic	Date	User
Good safety thread	12-Sep-2013 At 12:30:37 PM	singersmith
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On 11/09/2013 mikllaw wrote: >I once pulled a rope down through a fixed sling with moderate drag, I pulled >about 3m before the rope came down, I assume that the sling melted through. > I am now cautious about using different rope diameters, put the knot on >the skiny side to jamb it. > I've done the same thing and blew the anchor. Doing a new route in Indian Creek and we thought that since we were just rapping once that we'd thread a piece of webbing and come back the next day and replace it with a proper anchor. Moderate drag and it was unbelievable how easily the webbing snapped.

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