1200 fuckin dollars. You gotz to be kiddin. champion bloodline from micheal Vicks pack.
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I'm not getting where the drop was, if the belayer was holding the rope.
None of us do, completely. We always thought that if you held the brake side of the rope then a grigri would lock. But apparently this is not the case; there are a set of circumstances under which the grigri won't lock unless the brake end of the rope is held with a tight grip. In this case, the rope was 9.4 and the leader partially lowered himself onto the rope. Apparently, the resulting impact force was insufficient for the grigri to lock up even partially, and the skinny rope ran through the belayer's hand for an instant. The belayer tightened his grip soon enough to prevent the leader from hitting the ground full-force, but he did still suffer a mild ankle sprain.
Here's an easy prediction: a self-righteous gumby will presently post that the belayer was incompetent because he wasn't holding the rope tightly enough. Well, if that is true then practically every grigri user out there is incompetent, because I don't know anyone—outside of the four people who witnessed this accident—who holds the brake rope that tightly when using a grigri, except to lock off.
Here's another easy prediction: some n00b will blame this accident on the fact that the rope was below Petzl's limit of 9.7 (not 10) mm. However, ropes < 9.7 mm are used routinely with grigris in sport climbing all over the world. Undoubtedly, thousands upon thousands of falls have been safely caught using grigris with ropes that are thinner than spec. Furthermore, the converse, that using a rope that is at least 9.7 mm will prevent this type of accident, is likely false. I have used 10.2 mm ropes, which, when new, would creep through the grigri when the climber hung on the rope, if I wasn't holding the brake end.
So here's the story, in case anybody out there is actually interested in learning something, instead of worrying about exonerating the dog. A thin or slick rope, a low-impact fall, and possibly other circumstances can prevent the grigri from locking, even when the brake side of the rope is held with a normal, light grip. If you need to ensure that no slippage of the rope would occur if the climber were to fall (such as close to the ground) then you should maintain a tight grip on the rope with the brake hand. That will ensure (hopefully) that the cam engages immediately.
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