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Flinders Lane rap anchor (Araps) 4-Apr-2012 At 8:34:11 PM rolsen1

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On 4/04/2012 simey wrote:
>The simple fact is that the current descent from Flinders Lane is pretty
>reasonable.
(snip)
>
>Once you are on Flinders Lane I fail to see how walking to a rap anchor,
>uncoiling two ropes, rapping one person at a time to the next anchor, pullling
>your ropes, rapping a second time, pulling your ropes and then coiling
>your ropes at the bottom and walking back to your gear is going to save
>you much time over the quick scramble through the cave and down Alis.
>

Most people choose the two raps down the watchtower slab as opposed to the walk. I'd use a double rap rather than walk from Flinders Lane every time, no opinion about where it should go.