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Above 17
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Below 36
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I don't use an autolock system while abseiling 18
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Prussic while abseiling - above or below device? 1-Aug-2012 At 9:01:15 AM citationx
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On 1/08/2012 wombly wrote:
>I'm an above nazi. I like having a backup system that is effectively independent.
>When the day comes that I don't thread my abseil device properly it's comforting
>to know that I won't be left hanging by my leg loop.

Is this why you use a prussik? because you're worried that at the top of a 60m you feel you're going to be incompetent enough to not thread your abseil device correctly? Good lord remind me NEVER to climb with you.
The point of a prussik is to arrest you in the case of runaway descent, or being clocked on the head by something falling (in my case, probably you, falling from the top when you incorrectly "clip" your saftety biner to the anchor and and then peer over the edge).
the point is it will catch you when something goes wrong and your partner(s) can immediately start moving to help you. unless your name is aaron whatshisface, in which case yes, it will just be a leg-noose.

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