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2065toyota replied to the thread Woman Dies in Utah Slot Canyon.
Our best practice is that the last person down is who throws / lowers / carries the pull rope down. There is no reason to already have...
Jul 7, 2020 at 8:39 PM -
2065toyota replied to the thread Destination and rope prefenece survey.
Its easier if the link works
Jul 7, 2020 at 8:35 PM -
Ali Miller liked ratagonia's post in the thread Woman dies in Rappelling Accident near Zion.
If you take the approach stated in the Zion: Canyoneering book, the rappels are MORE beginner-friendly. I think it is a fool's game to...
Jul 7, 2020 at 3:09 PM -
Scott Patterson replied to the thread West Canyon Memorial Day Weekend.
Since I got a few recent enquiries, I'll just say that this trip won't be going this year since West Canyon is closed and will probably...
Jul 7, 2020 at 8:50 AM -
townsend liked Tirrus's post in the thread Woman Dies in Utah Slot Canyon.
This incident hit home for me and the folks I canyon with, so we started adopting this technique as part of the LAPAR process for a...
Jul 7, 2020 at 8:48 AM
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Ram liked Tirrus's post in the thread Woman Dies in Utah Slot Canyon.
This incident hit home for me and the folks I canyon with, so we started adopting this technique as part of the LAPAR process for a...
Jul 6, 2020 at 5:37 PM
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Tirrus attached a file to the thread Woman Dies in Utah Slot Canyon.
This incident hit home for me and the folks I canyon with, so we started adopting this technique as part of the LAPAR process for a...
Jul 6, 2020 at 5:32 PM
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ratagonia liked willie92708's post in the thread Webbing Failure During Test Bouncing.
In all this discussion about how dead-man rock and dirt anchors are "old school", and "standard" rock cairn anchors can be time consuming...
Jul 6, 2020 at 10:27 AM -
willie92708 replied to the thread Webbing Failure During Test Bouncing.
In all this discussion about how dead-man rock and dirt anchors are "old school", and "standard" rock cairn anchors can be time consuming...
Jul 6, 2020 at 10:01 AM -
townsend liked Ram's post in the thread Woman Dies in Utah Slot Canyon.
People often have so many sides and stories. Jenny found this. Hopefully the link will show 16:07- 19:07, as Jenny sent it to me [MEDIA]
Jul 6, 2020 at 8:56 AM -
Rapterman liked Yellow Dart's post in the thread Fall in Fat Man's Misery.
Aye, very much so. Same with loaded rope shifting as you go over an edge. When I teach new people, I really emphasize "As you go over the...
Jul 5, 2020 at 10:47 PM -
zul liked ratagonia's post in the thread Tech Tip: Answered Webbing over a sharp edge, Redundancy.
If I put in 3 feet of slack, that would be a big problem. The way I have it, one strand of webbing takes all the abuse while the second...
Jul 5, 2020 at 9:44 PM -
Kuenn liked Brian in SLC's post in the thread Fall in Fat Man's Misery.
Objection. Council is testifying. Assumes facts not in evidence. Ha ha. I don't personally know any climbers who don't take rappelling...
Jul 5, 2020 at 10:11 AM -
Kuenn liked ratagonia's post in the thread Fall in Fat Man's Misery.
As a seller or ropes, I am very happy to hear this. Personally, I almost always use used ropes when I go canyoneering. This past weekend we...
Jul 5, 2020 at 10:05 AM -
Kuenn liked ratagonia's post in the thread Fall in Fat Man's Misery.
This is an engineering question, and the answer is "NO". Dynamic climbing ropes have a certain amount of springiness engineered into them...
Jul 5, 2020 at 10:04 AM
