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Topic	Date	User
falling upside down	4-Dec-2012 At 3:19:25 PM	Pat B
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On 4/12/2012 martin_austrALia wrote: >Not trying to be patronising, but there are certain things you can do to >avoid upside down falls. Number one being: always make sure when leading >and falling above the last piece of protection to not have the rope behind >your leg rather then between rock and leg/body. Yes, I have had this happen on 'Birdman' at Araps using double ropes, inattentive belayer did not eqalize 'left-hand' rope which, unbeknownst to me, then hooked around back of my leg 'tipping' me upside down and then nearly pounding my bare head into the slab below line. Don't like climbing with this particular belayer now on double ropes because he later said "I don't like using double ropes" I can see why now, his technique is shit!!

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