Rappelling or lowering off?

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In single pitch crag climbing, like most of the climbing done here in the Red, after cleaning the anchor, do you prefer to rap off or be lowered off?

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Toad
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Rick, I have some biners for you to test when you get your stress test thing set up. Pulled them from the top of Supafly yesterday. One is worn just about all the way through, the other is more then half way worn through. Not sure if people TR that route very much, so might just be from lowering. Al biners do not hold up like steel rings, that is for sure.

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Rick, I don't suppose you're going to be posting the results on here, are you?
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Did anybody see the biners that Mark had taken down from "Paranoia"? Talk about grooved and worn!
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If you weave your butt hairs into the rope you won't fall as often.
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J-Rock wrote:Did anybody see the biners that Mark had taken down from "Paranoia"? Talk about grooved and worn!
pic? (man, it sucks to live vicariously)
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Mark might still have them hanging up behind the counter in the gear shop.
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Um, which shop? Is this the Mark that owns Torrent?
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bushwhacker wrote:*Are you safer rapping or lowering if YOUR PARTNER gets hit by rockfall? The rockfall that I’ve witnessed in 19 yrs of climbing has almost always been initiated by the feet or hands of the climber/rappeler. Who is more likely to get hit by rockfall, those below or you?*

Handhold or foothold blows while you are pulling on it on lead, you fall and are airborne, hand/foothold beans your belayer on the head, knocking him/her out, he/she lets go of rope...with a grigri you get to live. With any other device, adios muchachos...also pretty easy to knock stuff off while being lowered...why people still use belay devices that don't work if you let go of the rope is beyond me...
I could have sworn this conversation was about the safty of rapelling vs lowering. Actually, I think it is the direct question and content in the comment that you *quoted*.
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Post by marathonmedic »

No. It's another topic revisited, again.
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