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beyond_gravity
Apr 20, 2002, 4:45 PM
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/me slots a nut. W-W-Watch Me! EERRRKKK!!! Pop! Scrape! Wedige. 8 footer. Ok, i'm done. Lower me...Wait a sec...can I do that? If you dont get that, i'm asking if..After I fall and a pice holds, can I lower off the one pice? if not how do I get down if I dont want to go up? Jeremy
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atg200
Apr 21, 2002, 3:26 AM
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Not a good idea. If you can't finish it or down lead it, put in a second piece and lower or rap off the equalized anchor. Maybe with a keyholed stopper or some bombproof piece that can't shift you might consider lowering off of one, but in general the extra $10 for another stopper is cheap life insurance.
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tim
Apr 21, 2002, 3:41 AM
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Uh, would you rap off of it? No? Then don't lower off of it where the forces are even higher! I'm not really one to talk, I've rapped off of shifting #3 stoppers and lived to tell about it. But that doesn't mean you should. (and besides, the crappy little nuts were backed up by rock-solid cams in most cases, we just sent the fat guy down first with the pack and if the nut held, BOOYAH, the cam came with us, if not, *shrug* my life's worth $75 and so is yours, right?) [ This Message was edited by: jabbeaux on 2002-04-20 20:42 ]
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