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Dropped biner and tape harness's 10-Aug-2012 At 3:43:25 PM Paul

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On 10/08/2012 bjorniam wrote:
>It being a Friday arvo I can see some smack being talked about this, but
>any serious discussion on these controversial issues would also be appreciated.
>
>A review of where the 'when to drop dropped biners' issue is up to, http://fatcanyoners.o
>g/bush-guide/dropped-carabiners/
>
>Somewhat less controversial my favorite methods of making a tape harness
>(yes not advisable for climbing but i have belayed and seconded in these
>without death and with holding some leader falls), http://fatcanyoners.org/bush-guide/alte
>nate-tape-harness/
>
>Actually I'll also link to my post about the purcell prussik, which I've
>not seen used in Oz but am a massive fan of (plus its cheap), http://fatcanyoners.org/bush
>guide/purcell-prusik/
>
>Another good way to pass the friday arvo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJhkhmgZXRk&featu
>e=related
>
>Troll away!

I am a huge fan of the purcell prusik and almost always have one on my harness