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Lowering off with a short rope 21-Jun-2016 At 1:32:24 PM ajfclark

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I was reading about a ground fall in Squamish: http://squamishclimbingmagazine.ca/local-news-two-ground-falls-one-week/ and it got me thinking: "If I do tie a knot in the end of the rope and it's short, how do I get the climber down?"

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Sport climbing, so usually no one has any extra gear - maybe a couple of spare quick draws if you're lucky.

My initial thought was to start climbing the route until the climber is on the ground, get to a bolt and clip in the belayer there, get the leader to untie, pull the rope and then get lowered or abseil or something.

I also remember seeing in China a guy climbing the bottom of the route until the leader was "close enough" to the ground then letting the rope pop through and down climbing.

Thoughts and ideas?