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Climbing as a group of three ... how best to do it 21-Jul-2006 At 4:38:20 PM Ronny

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On 21/07/2006 uwhp510 wrote:
>If you've got an italian plate/reverso then lead on doubles ...

This is definitely the way to go. Its much faster to do this than string yourselves out between two single ropes because the seconds can climb at the same time.
If fact, if I was doing this and didn't have an italian/plate (also called Gi-Gi I think) I'd go and buy one - they're not expensive and its way better.

Another alternative is to use one single rope and tie one second in about 5/10 m from the end, and the other at the end. They can climb at the same time making things much faster, but not requiring special equipment. If you do this it works well to tie the top second in with a loop that's about 2m long - they can girth hitch it through their harness (pass through harness and then step through loop), and then the two seconds don't interfere with each other so much.
Of course this can get a bit messy when people fall off, so its not that useful if falling is more than a remote possibility.

J