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Near miss cleaning a steep sport route |
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7-Oct-2014 1:48:10 PM
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yesterday my esteemed colleague was climbing a very steep route , using a tramline/trolley to get in. he was turning around a bit. Got the 2nd bottom draw off and swung out miles, hit the tension of the other rope and spun again, and then the tramline/trolley draw unclipped from the rope. Amazingly he got a hand on it before he dropped 6m onto shattered boulders.
It appeared to unclip because it was so twisted. Use caution if you are spinning around (lying upside down and pulling in hand first. Perhaps use double draws if you are nervous.
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7-Oct-2014 3:35:46 PM
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Had a tiring long weekend mikl?
Don't know about others but although I get the gist of it, I still find your post ambiguous.
Did your esteemed partner actually fall and caught the unclipped draw to save them-self?
If being lowered how could the partner fall?
A diagram might sort the confusion.
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7-Oct-2014 4:01:48 PM
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You mean like this? The red draw being the one that opened? There could be a lot of rope in the system if that draw unclipped low down on a route.
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7-Oct-2014 7:39:28 PM
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yes Wendy, the Trolley (or Tramline if you're victorian) unclipped after the leader went in headfirst and cut loose a few times.
He grabbed the rope.
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7-Oct-2014 9:42:22 PM
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On 7/10/2014 Wendy wrote:
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>You mean like this? The red draw being the one that opened? There could
>be a lot of rope in the system if that draw unclipped low down on a route.
Looks like he's trying to cut the rope
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8-Oct-2014 11:12:01 AM
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On 7/10/2014 martym wrote:
>>You mean like this? The red draw being the one that opened? There could
>>be a lot of rope in the system if that draw unclipped low down on a route.
>Looks like he's trying to cut the rope
With a frankfurter.
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8-Oct-2014 4:22:19 PM
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9-Oct-2014 2:18:27 PM
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