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Re: [robdotcalm] Garden of the Gods fall???:
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petsfed
Feb 16, 2009, 7:21 PM
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robdotcalm wrote: Moral: Clip into the anchor before setting up the rappel. Then weight the rappel before unclipping. I've been around many good otherwise good climbers who don't clip in before setting up the rappel. This finished the climbing career of one of these.
Its a quick visual check to ensure that everything is as it should be. Plus, it allows you to cinch up all the slack in the system without having to work all that hard.
I can't remember the last time I didn't pre-test the rap system before I unclipped by tether. I even remind my partners (people who have been climbing for just as long as I have) when they are about to unclip. There is zero reason to trust your setup without testing it first. Testing my setup is one of the few unbreakable rules I have.
And I am very happy to hear that the victim survived, and hopefully he'll recover to the point that this fall will just be a lesson in safety, rather than a reason to quit climbing.
(This post was edited by petsfed on Feb 16, 2009, 7:24 PM)
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Post edited by petsfed
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