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bigfatrock
Jun 25, 2008, 8:52 PM
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hanginaround wrote: It's Just bad form! Just rap off, it's more fun anyway.
I used to be hard-core don't lower off the rings. Last year I was making the guys I climbed with do it, then laster in the day after we were all tired, one guy made a mistake and came about 12 inches fro rapping off the end of his rope, he didn't pull one side all the way down.
Granted it was a dumb mistake. I am all for being lowered of if you are not confident in your skills. I, myself still rap off unless it's the end of the day and I am just dead tired, then I will lower, my life is more important. And yes I realize some will say im not considering the life's of others, well people should check the rings before they use them anyway.
Anyway I digress, I'm just post whoring this afternoon anyway!
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andrewbanandrew
Jun 26, 2008, 7:53 AM
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I do it at some of our local crags because the guidebook says it's okay and actually preferable, in the view of the developer
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sgauss
Jun 27, 2008, 5:08 PM
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I'm in the rap, don't lower camp. And don't TR through the rings/chains. One argument I've heard for lowering off rings is that they wear evenly as they rotate. My last trip to the red I saw a pair of rings that were NOT wearing evenly. The join in the rings was slightly uneven, and the wear was concentrating at the 12:00 and 6:00 positions, i.e. at the join and opposite the join. I figured this data point was worth a little thought.
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