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Ankles busted in the Bluies 25-Apr-2009 At 12:32:48 AM Tris
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>Sure do your superstitious activities, use a prussick backup and read
>your horoscope before you set off but don't try to tell me (and the novices
>on this site) that it constitutes safe practices.


Why do you climb with a rope? A rope is just a backup in case you fall. The whole point of a backup is incase something goes wrong.

Sure, you may be a perfect abseiler, but not everything is in your controll - rock fall, wasps, falling fridges, all of these things can screw up your abseil without any input from you at all. This is the same reason we wear seatbelts while driving, to account for mistakes by others (because we all believe that we are the worlds safest drivers).

If you think that recommending to beginners that they do not need a backup (the people who need it most) then you are a retard and should be kept away from the cliffs. If you want to abseil without a backup - thats fine, I have no problems with that. Just keep your practices which have been proven to be unsafe (due to recorded accidents) to yourself.

Tris

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