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Forums: Climbing Information: Accident and Incident Analysis: Re: [Gmburns2000] Rappeling accident - Ouray ice park. Mistook 15' mark for middle mark.: Edit Log

acorneau

Feb 20, 2009, 9:27 PM

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Re: [Gmburns2000] Rappeling accident - Ouray ice park. Mistook 15' mark for middle mark. Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)

Gmburns2000 wrote:

I'm more of a visual person, so if you have pics of what you mean then that would be appreciated.

These are the best pix I can come up with at the moment.

The basket hitched rope:

Ropes on a rappeller (not me):

You can also flake your rope into a bag and let that hang below you while you rap. If flaked well it should come right out with no problem.

Good info in this Climbing mag Tech Tip:
http://www.climbing.com/...echtips/ttalpine224/

(This post was edited by acorneau on Feb 20, 2009, 9:30 PM)

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