socalclimber
Oct 26, 2008, 2:24 AM
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Very interesting. Thanks for that. One point here that his bottom ascender kept him from going anywhere. If you re-read the post I made above, they clearly saw the sheath all bunched up. I have hunch my explanation is what happened. It seems to be the most plausible.
A taut static rope, with that much load on it, and a possible weak sheath would be all it takes. I'm not even convinced he made any mistakes with his ascenders. His biggest mistake was jugging on the loaded side of the haul line.
Sad indeed. Again, thanks for the link. Sounds like Petzl had a bit of a design flaw there.
(This post was edited by socalclimber on Oct 26, 2008, 2:25 AM)
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