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A rope that's too heavy to lift by hand will be undescendable with a rack, no?
.rigged my rack, 3 bars, to the rope before attaching it to my harness so it can be pushed and pulled to get the rope in. Don't try this at home unless you take the necessary safety precautions.
I would advise against using this on longer drops (600+). I saw somebody have to get picked off the NRG bridge rappell (800+) because he couldn't adjust the spacing between his bars and was going nowhere. He eventually got tired of feeding rope and had to be assisted.
Scott McCrea wrote:Just as a reminder, no one should ever rappel on a rack with less than 4 bars. Never.
Just as a reminder, no one should ever rappel on a rack with less than 4 bars.
Here's a thought - you can get replacement bars for the Petzl. If you don't mind sacrificing the idiot-resisting factor, just swap out that third bar (part number D11300) for a swinging one that latches (D11250). In fact, if you don't like that second bar (D11200) not latching, you can swap that for a latching one too. Problem solved?
brrrdog wrote:On rope says:
"There should never be fewer than four bars engaged on a rack. If using a rack with three bars and the angle of the rope below the rack changes only slightly, the number three bar loses contact with the rope and can fall to the lock nut. If it becomes unclipped, the rappeller is on a two bar rack that rotates out of contact with the rope and the result is an unstoppable fall to the bottom."
Unfortunately, all you're going to get out of all this is another question from me . Because the third bar is permanently installed and cannot come unclipped on a petzl, does that mean that this rule does not apply to it?
NZcaver wrote:I hope Hank doesn't shoot me for suggesting this...
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