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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:41 pm
by marathonmedic
I agree with the bolo part. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near it either.
But you can do very short rapells with a single rope, you just divide the rope into thirds. You rapell on 2 of them and the third is tied to the biner. (picture 2)
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:21 pm
by L Day
While I wouldn't want the thing to hit me either, my greatest concern would be the risk of the 'biner and sling whipping around a tree branch in the top of a tall tree, resulting in a stuck rope. Now that would suck. Seems like too much to risk, just to save a piece of webbing.
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:02 pm
by pawilkes
similar techniques are used in canyoneering. In canyons you're doing lots of rappels so the cost savings is a bit bigger and it also leaves less trace. On longer raps, you can use a small diameter, 60m pull rope and rap off a normal single strand of 60m
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:53 am
by abock33
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:30 am
by heidiramma
for lessons in rappelling, two words:
Gabe
Barlow