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Chockstone Forum - General Discussion
General Climbing Discussion
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Abseiling off slings? |
11-Nov-2006 At 8:37:35 PM |
SirOinksALot
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On 11/11/2006 gremlin wrote:
>You screw up and one side slips through faster than the other, or you
>swing around a bit...
We're talking about rapping of slings here????
Has this actually happened to you (and if it has maybe you should take up another sport!!) or is it a rumour you heard in the gym??
>You could also damage your rope as you pull it down...
No you can't unless you try really, really hard. I would challenge anybody to do this under lab conditions?
>Might work in desperate situations
This is a common and CHEAP way to get off routes and has been practiced for decades!(This was the way you got off the top of routes before the NBF decided otherwhise, you just flick the rope afterwards and the sling comes down too!!)If you don't know how to do it maybe you should learn it, might save you one day!!!!!!!
>$20 for some old biner(s) and cord is a small price to pay for a much safer descent...
Old beeners and cord is hardly a safer option than new sling, and a couple of raps ($40) is a week living in the dirt an the pines!!!
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