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Chads93GT wrote:So, should I buy it as a conversation piece?
wyandottecaver wrote:Chad,
If you don't want it *I* do. I'll pay you for cost and shipping.
ON_ROPE wrote:An old time gadget fellow Kyle Isenhart had one and brought it to Fantastic pit in Ellisons. It was an early model without the safety gates, he rigged in, took his Jumar off the line and swung out over the drop. The heavy rope simply popped out of the device and he began to free fall. The jumar still in his left hand with the cam open was slammed on the rope stopping a certain death fall. He only fell about 5 feet and ended up at eye level with the balcony. He clammored up, borrowed a Cole rack and did the drop. When he reached the bottom he realized just how close to death he had come and had a case of the shakes for quite some time. Whaletails are great as an accessory in a bar fight, for caving they are a waste of good metal.
ON_ROPE wrote:An old time gadget fellow Kyle Isenhart had one and brought it to Fantastic pit in Ellisons. It was an early model without the safety gates, he rigged in, took his Jumar off the line and swung out over the drop. The heavy rope simply popped out of the device and he began to free fall. The jumar still in his left hand with the cam open was slammed on the rope stopping a certain death fall. He only fell about 5 feet and ended up at eye level with the balcony. He clammored up, borrowed a Cole rack and did the drop. When he reached the bottom he realized just how close to death he had come and had a case of the shakes for quite some time. Whaletails are great as an accessory in a bar fight, for caving they are a waste of good metal.
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