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Gris Gris banned at Sydney Indoor 29-Jun-2006 At 9:13:40 PM belayslave

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On 29/06/2006 nmonteith wrote:
>On 29/06/2006 gfdonc wrote:
>>the
>>one time that I did, I was surprised to take a 4m fall with a bolt at
>my
>>knees. I assumed at the time the belayer had an excess of slack in the
>>system; now I wonder if the device took a fraction of a second to lock?
>> Anecdotal again but it does not fill me with confidence.
>
>They don't work that way Steve. They lock straight away with no slippage
>(the same reason some people
>think they are bad for trad climbing). I imagine your belayer just had
>a bunch of slack out - so not the
>equipments fault again.

Also depends on what diameter rope you use, how worn the grigri rope slot and spring on the cam is etc.
as to whether the cam locks straight away or not. mine is quite worn and slips a bit, but not 4m. that
sounds like a belayers error to me.