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Re: [mr.tastycakes] Gunks Rappelling Accident 5/21/11:
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patto
Jun 8, 2011, 10:44 PM
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mr.tastycakes wrote: bi-pattern rope with the change in patterns occurring (evidently) pretty far from the true middle of the rope.
Still, I simply don't understand how people rap off the end of their rope. When I rap I look down to inspect the rope path and see where I'm going. Until I can see that both ends are on the ground there is no way that I would just rap straight down.
Do some people not look down because of fear of heights?
(Back in January I was rapping and discovered that the sheath in one of my ropes had been cut completely due to rockfall. Scary sight to see while 200m off the deck on a rap.)
(This post was edited by patto on Jun 8, 2011, 10:47 PM)
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Post edited by patto
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