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Abseiling tips, tricks, habits and advice 28-May-2014 At 1:18:20 PM patto

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On 28/05/2014 martym wrote:
>Personally I never tie knots in the bottom - I understand why people do
>and respect that choice - for me - having had to haul half or the whole
>rope up from a tangled drop so many times - I just don't want to add to
>the issues. I use a prussick as mentioned above.

I completely agree. I very rarely tie knots in the end of the rope. But given the number of times people manage to kill/injure themselves by abseiling off the end of their rope it is understandable. However the big issue is not watching where you are going, if you aren't doing this then you are doing it wrong.

A month ago I led a few friends down a big canyon. A couple of them had learnt their skills elsewhere and did find it kinda odd that i didn't tie knots and didn't often use a prussik. By the end of the canyon they had adjusted their thinking, especially on tying knots in the end!