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rjack wrote:That belay was pretty useless.
Jeff Bartlett wrote:rjack wrote:That belay was pretty useless.
Disagree. Without it, he'd have been a stain on the pavement. Certainly you are correct in that only luck prevented him from a groundfall or wall pendulum anyway, but I doubt the guy involved in this training would call that belay "useless."
snoboy wrote:I would argue that there was no belay. High lines need to have a track line, and then have tag lines to both sides to protect against a track line failure. In a sloped highline like this I would prefer to see a lowering line and a belay/tag line on the top side, as well as a downhill tag line.
If the lowering line in this video had failed instead of the track line, the rescue package would have decked. It is likely only luck that caused the lowering line to catch them.
This team got lucky in so many ways...
Stridergdm wrote:acute concrete poisoning
snoboy wrote:I would argue that there was no belay. High lines need to have a track line, and then have tag lines to both sides to protect against a track line failure.
Anonymous_Coward wrote:I'm not seeing the double track line. Looks like a single to me.
cavedoc wrote: Look at about second 26. You can see two lines pulling back rubberband-like after the failure.
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