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- From: jking@socs.uts.edu.au (smathy werp)
- Subject: Re: Carabiner brake, was Re: No More Write-Ups?
- Message-ID: <jking.721880675@syzygy>
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- Organization: Computing Sciences, Uni of Technology, Sydney.
- References: <1992Nov10.120954.1@happy.colorado.edu> <8f085Q600axfAPjV8A@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Nov11.162956.5721@ncar.ucar.edu> <cf0T24y00WB_4cQGBm@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 02:24:35 GMT
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- "Christopher L. Morrow" <cm43+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
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- >the carabiner (multiple type) brake is an excellent rappell system, but the
- >one that I was refering to is the single carabiner brake. When set up
- >properly the rope sort of winds around the straight section of the biner.
- >I do caution that this way can be extremely dangerous if setup wrong...
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- christopher ..
- it ALSO twists your rope .. (to some a far greater crime than
- being extremely dangerous when set up wrong) .. and also about
- the twin krab decended .. be carefull .. if you use a screw gate
- D to hook to your harness then the rope can undo the gate whilst
- youre hurtling toward the ground /* IF SET UP WRONG */ hence .. the
- moral is dont use this method .. hopefully it has been explained
- badly enough (no offence .. notice that i didnt try to explain it
- better *8^) to deter any prospective statistics ..
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- thats all
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