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Abseiling tips, tricks, habits and advice 3-Jun-2014 At 12:41:00 AM sbm

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On 30/05/2014 Olbert wrote:
>Has anyone ever pulled their ropes with a knot still in the end? This
>could result in all manner of dodgyness depending on the situation.
>

I've done this actually. On the Empress Canyon final abseil. Actually we did it at night and I was floating on my back in freezing canyon water in the dark so I was a bit distracted. I untied the first end into a fig 8 that I clipped into my harness so I didn't drop the rope into the pool, then forgot to until the other end.

We were resigned to leaving the rope and just coming back the next morning to get it. I gave it one big final tug for good measure and it came down! The commercial canyoners have put enormous rap rings at the way overbuilt anchor, I guess the knot was small enough to pull through.

I actually kept the video from that little trip http://vimeo.com/34394280 skip to 1 minute in.