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Question about belaying with double ropes 24-Feb-2013 At 1:39:14 PM Mr Poopypants

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On 24/02/2013 Wollemi wrote:
>On 23/02/2013 Mr Poopypants wrote:
>>I often found myself
>>wrapping the rope around my back or sticking a biner in my leg loop with
>>them. On freehanging raps found myself wrapping a twisted knot around
>the
>>biner on the leg loop, too. Could be quite hard to stop once you got
>going.
>>(This was with the old tube style ATC, sticht plates wouldn't be great,
>>either.)
>>
>
>Twisted knot = munter hitch ?

Nope. Just wrap the rope around the spine of the biner a few times to create friction. Sorry, one of the ways I learned to abseil when I was a kid. Twists the rope up but handy if you're in a hurry (and back then, if you didn't have a piton or spare biner handy)
Works pretty well, lots of friction, easy to control.
I'm not as old as some! :-)
G.