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Abseiling tips, tricks, habits and advice 28-May-2014 At 1:02:33 PM martym

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On 28/05/2014 patto wrote:
>I didn't really read all of it. But I was glad that you included what
>I see as one of the biggest issues in the way people use autoblocks. Clipping
>the autoblock to your leg loops is a terrible idea. Yet everybody seems
>to do it.
Yeah I'm not a big fan - I clip above the device - long prussick - gets annoying, but I would prefer it there than jammed in my device with my leg twisted.

This is an interesting comment:
"A tip from Mike Law for windy abseils, is to weight the ends of the rope by tying something heavy to the end, e.g. some climbing rack."

I couldn't think of a worse way to grapple hook your ropes somewhere inaccessible... Does Mike wanna chime in?
Personally I never tie knots in the bottom - I understand why people do and respect that choice - for me - having had to haul half or the whole rope up from a tangled drop so many times - I just don't want to add to the issues. I use a prussick as mentioned above.