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Double ropes? 5-Sep-2005 At 2:52:10 PM oweng

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On 5/09/2005 Richard wrote:
>On 5/09/2005 sabu wrote:
>>but i can see the advantages of using doubles, i'll try it one day!!
>
>Yep, there are heaps of reasons:
>watchtower face abseil: 2 x 50m, or toe cruching walk-off
>pharos abseil: 1 x 50m, or crappy, dangerous, hard to find 2 x 25/30m
>abseil
>muldoon, agamenon: 1x50m abseil, or ??
>central gully right: 1 x 50m abseil or ??
>ali's decent; 1 x 50m abseil, or somewhat unsafe downclimb
>missing link abseil: 1 x 50m, or ??
>toccata: 1 x 50m abseil or long, easy to get lost, prickly toe cruching
>walk off..
>
>Less time walking, more time climbing..
>
>Cheers
>

Agree with all except the Watchtower Face Rap. Its much quicker to walk off in my experience! (definalty walk of this one if you have comfy shoes). Walking of also gives you the chance to scope Tjuinja (sp?) Wall and Doggers Gully, and lessens you chances of knocking loose rock onto parties climbing below (there is lots of loose crap at the top rap point).
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