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Scott McCrea wrote:Hair or clothing stuck in descender.
Rope damage.
cavedoc wrote:Rope didn't really reach the bottom.
Vertigo wrote:Pool of water on the bottom is deeper than you thought it was...
ron_miller wrote:Real example - a light caver was rappelling a short drop on a very old, stiff and dirty PMI Pit Rope using a micro-rack and all four bars. The individual got partway down the short drop with great effort, but the friction was such that they were unable to continue down, and they were unwilling to try to drop a bar (which of course would have effectively dropped two bars).
Scott McCrea wrote:Good ones, Thanks!
But, what about if you are not the first one down? Say you are the fourth one down and all those things have been checked?
Scott McCrea wrote:But, what about if you are not the first one down? Say you are the fourth one down and all those things have been checked?
NZcaver wrote:How about carefully switching to 2 bars + the hyper bar?
NZcaver wrote:How about carefully switching to 2 bars + the hyper bar?
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