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Tag-line Rappel around a tree 18-Feb-2013 At 4:04:19 PM Zarb

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No the biner is on the end that you pull down. So it might fall the last few metres if it does at all.

The whole system involves joining the two ropes as you would for a normal abseil, with the thick rope running through the rings/sling and the joining knot about a foot below. After the joining knot, you have your 6mm tag line preferably coiled in a pack carried with you so it doesn't tangle.
Now for the biner block.
You tie an alpine butterfly between the joining knot and the rings (on the thick line), and clip your biner into the loop. It then clips into the thick line running out the other side of the rings to close the system.
Climber then rappels the single thick line.
Climber finishes rappel and pulls the 6mm tagline to retrieve ropes.