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Tieing in at Gyms 18-Feb-2005 At 1:04:56 PM bob

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taken direct from the aas(adventura activitys standeds) acs artafichal climbing sturcheres
sechion 3.1

"3.1 Climber attachment method
There are several recognised options available for climber attachment on an ACS. The nature
of the activity allows for individual preference and provided care is taken to instruct and assess
participants, guides, supervisors and assistants it is not the place of AAS to ‘dictate’ specific
details as long as the method of attachment at least complies with harness manufacturers
instructions.
It is however, essential that the method used to attach the climbing harness to the belay rope
must not rely on a single screw gate karabiner. It must be a recognised climbing attachment
(Documented in training manuals) and it is recommended that it include a back-up connection.
The recommended method is ‘clip & tie’ utilising both screwgate karabiner and rethreaded
figure of eight."

bob