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sp115


Jan 12, 2011, 7:58 PM

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Re: [vegastradguy] Purpose of second rope on trad climbing
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vegastradguy wrote:
majid_sabet wrote:
She even had hard time tying fig 8 so on every anchor, she untie the fig 8 and retie before following the leader.

ah yes, just what someone who isnt sure how to tie in should do- untie from the rope and then re-tie in without supervision. 100' up. nice.

You beat me to it, and I was just about to type the exact response, except it makes no sense at all:

The belayer unties and just before taking off says, "I know you're not good at this so practice while I'm gone and out of sight."

The leader falls, the belayer gets knocked-out, but still maintains control of the rope.

The belayer wakes up and THEN drops the rope.

The leader falls 100' to the ground and is "OK".

Edit to add: and Majid wants to know why the leader had the second rope?


WTF?


(This post was edited by sp115 on Jan 12, 2011, 8:00 PM)



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