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TinY wrote:The French Wrap will not cut a rope when engaged at high rappel speeds like mechanical devices will under shock load conditions.
The French Wrap is an auto block knot placed below the rappel device attached to the leg loop of your harness.
TinY wrote:The French Wrap will not cut a rope when engaged at high rappel speeds like mechanical devices will under shock load conditions.
TinY wrote:The French Wrap is an auto block knot placed below the rappel device attached to the leg loop of your harness.
The word “autoblock” has been used in some English-language knot books to refer to a French Prusik.
“Autoblock”, however, is a corruption of the French “autobloquant”, which means “self-jamming”.
It is used to refer to a group of slide-and-grip knots and is probably better translated into the English term “friction hitch”.
TinY wrote:TinY wrote: As for the history of the name "French Wrap", I coined this term after learning of this method of self belay from Van Bergen in his reply to a post of mine on this discussion in 2000.
TinY
YuccaPatrol wrote:Regardless of the origins of this method or the history behind the names used to describe it, I am looking forward to learning how to increase my safety while rappelling.
I really like the idea of not falling to my gruesome death.
The French Wrap is a second life support attachment while rappelling.
hunter wrote:The French Wrap is a second life support attachment while rappelling.
I understand everything except this point. In the event of one's rappel device coming completely off the rope is this really a "second life support"? For climbing, many harnesses are not designed to use a leg loop for life support. I suspect most cave harnesses are not rated for full body weight on a leg either but maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong here.
James
hunter wrote:The French Wrap is a second life support attachment while rappelling.
I understand everything except this point. In the event of one's rappel device coming completely off the rope is this really a "second life support"? For climbing, many harnesses are not designed to use a leg loop for life support. I suspect most cave harnesses are not rated for full body weight on a leg either but maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong here.
James
hank moon wrote:A leg loop is NOT a second life support attachment.
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