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Topic	Date	User
Historical Blue Mtns accident/s	16-Feb-2009 At 11:29:30 AM	Onsight
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On 12/02/2009 kuu wrote: >Hi Richard and Lucas, > >In the case of the accident that resulted in placement of the Barry Willis >memorial cross at the back of >the First Sister, the rope involved was a hawser-laid nylon rope, Size >4, 1 3/8" circumference, made to >British Standard 3104 (1959). The rope was cut through/melted due (it >is believed) to contact with an >ironstone ledge. > >The belayer was in the small cave/overhang (near where the cross is) and >could not see the leader >who was ascending the south-west facing wall enroute to the First Sister >summit. Waist belay was the >technique of the day.

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