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British climbing fatality in Alps
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:10 pm
by Rob
British climbing fatality in Alps
UK Daily Mail news story
Re: British climbing fatality in Alps
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:47 pm
by Hikin_Jim
Yeah, I had seen that one on
Hiker Hell yesterday. Dang shame.
Re: British climbing fatality in Alps
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:31 pm
by FIGHT ON
Taco? I hope you read this stuff. And what is abseil?
Re: British climbing fatality in Alps
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:03 pm
by Taco
RIP Ian
Abseil = rappel. Bastardised German word.
Re: British climbing fatality in Alps
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:04 pm
by FIGHT ON
you use two ropes?
Re: British climbing fatality in Alps
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:08 pm
by Taco
Half/Twin ropes in alpine climbing, most of the time (on ice etc, I only use single so take my word on this with a grain of salt).
If rappelling, I will have two strands running through my belay device or figure eight, with the halfway point of the rope being up at the anchor I'm rappelling off of. This makes it easy to retrieve the rope, as you just pull one strand down and typically it comes out without issue. Downside being you've got 25m of rappel, since you've got the 50m (or whatever your rope length) rope doubled.