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Abseiling tips, tricks, habits and advice 27-Aug-2014 At 10:41:47 AM Snacks

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On 27/08/2014 simey wrote:
>On 12/08/2014 Pok wrote:
>>A - Anchor (Is it solid? Set up correctly? Retrievable?)
>>B - Backup (Am I using one? Is it holding? Does my belayer know I am
>on
>>rope?)
>>C - Carabiner (Is it locked? Oriented right? Is it going to crossload?)
>>D - Device (Setup correctly? Threaded the right way around? Enough bars
>>in?)
>>E - Everything Else (Helmet on, harness buckles doubled back, shoelaces
>>tied, etc)
>>F - "F%#K I Hate Abseiling!!!"
>
>As far as a teaching strategy to help you abseil safely, this 'A to F'
>concoction is a joke. Talk about a random set of elements to focus on.
>But then I suppose everything not covered under letters A to D goes under
>'E for Everything else'?!
>
>Ridiculous.
>

Horses for courses. Pok is part of a University Club where you can have complete novices and having a system like that is good for instruction, especially in a large group...

But if the A to F is in order... having your helmet and buckles checked last is a bit of a no no...