On 15/01/2015 ajfclark wrote:
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>On 15/01/2015 gfdonc wrote:
>>You missed an important detail in my description of the tugging. 2 tugs,
>>repeated with a few seconds in-between.
>>tug, tug .. pause, count to 5, then tug, tug.
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>>Avoids the possibility of the signal being confused by rope drag or desperate
>>clips.
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>Pulls up rope to mouth, fumbles clip, shake out to try again... pulls
>up rope to mouth, clips...
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>"Off belay!"
Exactly. Tugging the rope is not a safe method of communication. |