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Shackles and the sheriff of Shipley 21-Apr-2011 At 5:36:35 PM hotgemini

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On 21/04/2011 Cranky wrote:

>I have been climbing on and off for 20 years and was under the impression
>that it was O.K. to lower off shackles, but not directly through ring bolts.
>I now understand my error.

Just to be perfectly clear on this one

## LOWERING THE FINAL CLIMBER DIRECTLY THROUGH THE REPLACEABLE FIXED HARDWARE (eg. maillons, twist shakles etc) IS FINE ##

Although as discussed, abseiling off where practical is preferable.

What Mitch was chastising Linze for was for the climber top-roping directly through the hardware. Eg. The first climber up the climb then fed the rope directly through the fixed hardware and the subsequent climbers top-roped directly through it.