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Abseiling off slings? 17-Nov-2006 At 5:05:09 PM JamesMc

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On 16/11/2006 One Day Hero wrote:
>On 11/11/2006 JamesMc wrote:
>
>>A specific advantage of using slings in wilderness areas (like remote
>>canyons) is that you can use natural fiber that will eventually rot and
>>disappear, leaving no permanent trace of your passing.
>>>
>>
>>James Mc
>
>WTF??? Do you prefer hemp or cotton slings? Who stocks these?

You tie a length of hemp rope in a loop. Note that canyoners are used to abseil anchors that climbers would normally consider inadequate. While climbers my insist on an anchor that would hold a Land Cruiser rather than a Commodore, canyoners look for anchors that hold body weight. I have on one occasion abseiled from a bunch of thin, rotten logs, being careful not to lift them over the edge at the start of the abseil. The alternative would have been to jump or to wait in the canyon until the next flood...

JamesMc