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British climbing fatality in Alps

 
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:10 pm    Post subject: British climbing fatality in Alps Reply with quote
British climbing fatality in Alps

UK Daily Mail news story
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, I had seen that one on Hiker Hell yesterday.  Dang shame.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Taco? I hope you read this stuff. And what is abseil?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
RIP Ian

Abseil = rappel. Bastardised German word.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
you use two ropes?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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.
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