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hafilax
Jun 4, 2010, 10:47 PM
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acorneau wrote: shu2kill wrote: metolius has rap hangers, which are thick enough (according to them, i have never seen one in person) to thread the rope. maybe i would rappel off one of those... One of the climbing areas I go to has them on a few climbs. They're made out of ~3/8" thick steel and the edges inside the hanger are rounded off for a nice radius for the rope. No problem pulling a rope through after rappelling. 
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shu2kill
Jun 7, 2010, 5:13 PM
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hafilax wrote: acorneau wrote: shu2kill wrote: metolius has rap hangers, which are thick enough (according to them, i have never seen one in person) to thread the rope. maybe i would rappel off one of those... One of the climbing areas I go to has them on a few climbs. They're made out of ~3/8" thick steel and the edges inside the hanger are rounded off for a nice radius for the rope. No problem pulling a rope through after rappelling. [image]http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/images/rap_hanger.jpg[/image] There's a lot of those in Squamish. Other than being a bit awkward to clip with small biners I prefer them to chains for rapping off of.
any special reason why you prefer those over chains??
and Donald, thanx, you did answer my question...
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redlude97
Jun 7, 2010, 5:25 PM
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shu2kill wrote: hafilax wrote: acorneau wrote: shu2kill wrote: metolius has rap hangers, which are thick enough (according to them, i have never seen one in person) to thread the rope. maybe i would rappel off one of those... One of the climbing areas I go to has them on a few climbs. They're made out of ~3/8" thick steel and the edges inside the hanger are rounded off for a nice radius for the rope. No problem pulling a rope through after rappelling. [image]http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/images/rap_hanger.jpg[/image] There's a lot of those in Squamish. Other than being a bit awkward to clip with small biners I prefer them to chains for rapping off of. any special reason why you prefer those over chains?? and Donald, thanx, you did answer my question...
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hafilax
Jun 7, 2010, 6:14 PM
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shu2kill wrote: hafilax wrote: acorneau wrote: shu2kill wrote: metolius has rap hangers, which are thick enough (according to them, i have never seen one in person) to thread the rope. maybe i would rappel off one of those... One of the climbing areas I go to has them on a few climbs. They're made out of ~3/8" thick steel and the edges inside the hanger are rounded off for a nice radius for the rope. No problem pulling a rope through after rappelling. [image]http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/images/rap_hanger.jpg[/image] There's a lot of those in Squamish. Other than being a bit awkward to clip with small biners I prefer them to chains for rapping off of. any special reason why you prefer those over chains?? and Donald, thanx, you did answer my question...
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granite_grrl
Jun 7, 2010, 8:22 PM
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hafilax wrote: shu2kill wrote: hafilax wrote: acorneau wrote: shu2kill wrote: metolius has rap hangers, which are thick enough (according to them, i have never seen one in person) to thread the rope. maybe i would rappel off one of those... One of the climbing areas I go to has them on a few climbs. They're made out of ~3/8" thick steel and the edges inside the hanger are rounded off for a nice radius for the rope. No problem pulling a rope through after rappelling. [image]http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/images/rap_hanger.jpg[/image] There's a lot of those in Squamish. Other than being a bit awkward to clip with small biners I prefer them to chains for rapping off of. any special reason why you prefer those over chains?? and Donald, thanx, you did answer my question... They have a huge opening that's really easy to push a bight through and pull the rope. Chains wear, mark and stain the rock. You don't need equalization for rappelling.
It's too bad that people aren't use stainless chain, are they still bolting with carbon steal out there too?
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