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Shackles and the sheriff of Shipley 21-Apr-2011 At 5:55:44 PM Cranky

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On 21/04/2011 hotgemini wrote:
>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.

I had led the route and threaded the shackles, then lowered off and belayed the second, and then the second lowered off. Wrong, now I know.