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Upside down 8-Jun-2007 At 11:12:38 PM Zebedee

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On 8/06/2007 TonyB wrote:
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>Chest harnesses would seem to be able to halt backward rotation in falls,
>if the fall and rotation hasn't progressed too far. Does anyone actually
>use these ?
Yep I've used a chest harness as a redirect. Not really that important it brings you head up at the bottom of the fall. Prior to that anything could happen. The rope is effectively tied in higher up so more rope is out in my case 40cm. You are also facing a slightly more compicated rig for example don't grab the bight between the harnesses and clip gear cause you won't be goin nowhere. I did use this set up because I am really top heavy but after a while I stopped and just took it.
> I'm also curious if grabbing the rope during a fall might
Holding the rope might keep you upright, grabbing it may be dangerous as fingers thrust into loops of rope will be damaged.
The other stuff, as posted above is propably more critical: helmet, foot vs rope, etc