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Ankles busted in the Bluies 23-Apr-2009 At 10:24:00 AM rolsen1

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On 22/04/2009 bomber pro wrote:
>As i stated before, the safest option is to fit the prussic above the
>device, this catches any error in
>threading the device.

On 21/04/2009 wallwombat wrote:
>I had a friend who dislodged a large rock while abseiling in a canyon.
>It broke his right collar bone. None of those things you mentioned would
>have helped him. If he hadn't been using a french prussick as a back up,
>I would now have one less friend.

So you dislodge a rock onto your partner's head knocking him/her out (even though they're wearing a helmet).

You manage to get down to them.

You clip yourself directly to their belay loop using a short sling so you can control the descent continuing the rap on their belay device.

But they've use a top pussick and you can't reach it and control the brake rope at the same time. With an auto block you would be able to use this approach to get them down.

Or do you do something else in this situation with a top prussick?