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4-Sep-2014 2:14:45 PM
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On 2/09/2014 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>Hereyago the Hero Universal Dangerousness Table (HUDT)
>scale...
Thanks Rod.
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4-Sep-2014 5:46:51 PM
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On 4/09/2014 phillipivan wrote:
>If you extend the belay device there is no reason not to just put any autoblock
>you might be using on your belay loop.
But I want the possibility of jamming it into the belay device if I invert...
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5-Sep-2014 12:14:37 AM
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What the hell are you talking about? And why are you worrying about inverting during an abseil, Andrew?
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5-Sep-2014 7:01:39 AM
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I was being facetious. One of the issues with the leg loop autoblock with and unextended belay device is what happens on inversion. At best it gets stuck, at worst it lets go.
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5-Sep-2014 8:52:23 AM
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That makes sense. I couldn't tell, especially after a sixteen hour work day.
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5-Sep-2014 9:15:19 AM
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On 5/09/2014 phillipivan wrote:
>That makes sense. I couldn't tell, especially after a sixteen hour work
>day.
u workin short days?
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5-Sep-2014 4:20:23 PM
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Some of my recent climbing days have been equally brief, so I guess it all balances out (as long as you don't factor sleep into the equation).
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