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Area	Location	Sub Location	Crag	Links
VIC Buffalo	Gorge	(General)	(General)	[ Gorge Guide ]

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North Wall descent 23-Jun-2014 At 10:20:48 PM DMWdesign

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On 23/06/2014 timbigot wrote:
>What he said ^ . last time I was in the gorge the 2nd rap station was the
>split link chain variety, I don't know if this has improved but I was able
>to (with considerable skill), catch the last inch or less of the tail of
>my rope in the said split link. This meant I had to aid/thruch back up
>using my haul line to retrieve it. This was extremely sketchy as at on
>point I was forced to jug on said stuck rope and was almost sick when I
>finally saw what I had weighted. So to sum up, do what he said ^.

can you clarify above - sounds tricky:
was that the 2nd rap station of Defender?
split link chain variety - what's that as I can't visualize what it is
how exactly did you catch your rope?

"So to sum up, do what he said" - sorry, but what does that refer to?