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markc


Jun 27, 2007, 1:04 PM

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Re: [curator] Gorge climber injured in 40 ft fall
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curator wrote:
Jay, explain to me how this accident at Kaymoor could still have occurred with a grigri in the equation. We only have to assume two things.
1. the belayer's brakehand was not sufficiently holding the brakeline and,
2. the rope was moving very quickly through the device. (it was, as evidenced by the injuries to the climber)
The device would have locked, there is no maybe about it.

See my earlier post in the thread. As I said, the mode of failure would be different, but there are a couple plausible scenarios.


(This post was edited by markc on Jun 27, 2007, 1:04 PM)



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