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majid_sabet

May 29, 2012, 4:09 PM
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Has anyone ever worked for one of these plastic rock setups before ?

I wonder what sort of schedule maintenance these auto belay devices go thought

http://www.cbs12.com/...tories/vid_632.shtml

csproul

May 29, 2012, 4:31 PM
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majid_sabet wrote:

Has anyone ever worked for one of these plastic rock setups before ?

I wonder what sort of schedule maintenance these auto belay devices go thought

http://www.cbs12.com/...tories/vid_632.shtml

Wonder if it was a TrueBlue auto-belay?!

coastal_climber

Jun 3, 2012, 1:40 PM
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probably the classic fall arrest used in construction, but worn out from being used in a way it wasn't meant to be (repeatedly)

majid_sabet

Jun 3, 2012, 4:45 PM
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coastal_climber wrote:

probably the classic fall arrest used in construction, but worn out from being used in a way it wasn't meant to be (repeatedly)

the fall arrest used in constructions are built like seat belt system so they react during sudden pull fall but this is one of those slow lowering mechanism and if the braking system (mechanical clutches) fail, it goes to full drop.

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