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Topic	Date	User
Grigri abseiling accident	9-Feb-2015 At 11:20:35 AM	tastrad
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Whilst abseiling off a route at Stacks Bluff (150m rap) with a grigri, a mate was 5m from the ground when he suddenly flipped upside down and fell onto his head and somersaulted into the bushes. Thankfully he was wearing a helmet. It seems the grigri got caught in his leg loop and held the lever open, flipping him upside down and causing the device to lose all friction on the rope. Anyone ever heard of this happening? Always thought grigris were safe to abseil with but now I'm not so sure.

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