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Re: [acorneau] Rappeling accident - Ouray ice park. Mistook 15' mark for middle mark.:
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notapplicable
Feb 18, 2009, 11:09 PM
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acorneau wrote: notapplicable wrote: Can anyone else think of another piece of gear or gear feature that is combining with operator error and causing accidents as frequently as those end marks? I can't. Grigri's. Hmmm good point. Just about every climbing accident is the result of human error so thats probably not the most helpful filter to use. Perhaps a better way to look at it is from the perspective of utility vs. likelihood of being the primary contributing factor in an accident. Edit: disregaurd this paragraph, I'm retarded - To everyone who thinks end marks should be kept in use, please riddle me this. The justification for end marks is that they warn you that you are nearing the end of your rope. Well in every case where a person rapped off the end of their rope, they cruised right on past the "warning" mark and decked. So not only did the end mark lead them to rap on an uneven rope but it failed to fulfill its only conceivable purpose by preventing them from rapping of the end of that uneven rope. Their intended to prevent accidents but their causing them instead. Thats pretty damning if you ask me.
(This post was edited by notapplicable on Feb 19, 2009, 1:08 AM)
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