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Climbing as a group of three ... how best to do it 21-Jul-2006 At 4:27:23 PM ironmike

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On 21/07/2006 uwhp510 wrote:
>If you've got an italian plate/reverso then lead on doubles and have the
>seconds climb on one rope each at the same time (one ~5 metres ahead of
>the other) using the belay device in autolocking mode (this is important).
> Its quite social for the seconds since they can talk to each other all
>throught hte pitch.

No such luck ... just standard belay devices.

Wouldn't it prove to be quite a difficult scenario if climber number three takes a tumble ... I assume it would pull climber number two off the wall as well ... and perhaps with a reasonable amount of force therefore increasing risk of injury? On that, obviously the lead climber would need to be very alert to what's going on with the seconders...