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Petzl ASAP = Awesome! 2-Feb-2010 At 1:04:38 PM belayslave

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On 2/02/2010 Josh Caple wrote:
>Right on, I thought you meant that your ASAP was your only point of attachment.
>
>One of the major disadvantages for me was the inability to equalise between
>ropes. When I worked in RA I would very very often use tension on my backup
>to help hold me in position, whether to hold me stable while working with
>live loads or simply to cover a wider area per drop. It also had a tendency
>to clutch up on fast abseils, but I guess that is just doing it's job!

Yeah good point on the not being able to take the wait easily with the ASAP. I would find that very annoying in a rope access situation. I guess most of the time you'd always be carrying some form of another ascender, whether it be croll or standard ascender which could be used.