Activity for Chris Morrisâ€
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Can an overhand loop be used to shorten nylon webbing as a personal anchor? Is it safe to girth-hitch nylon webbing through my harness tie-in points and then shorten the webbing via an overhand loop (assume it is too long) and clipping the non-bight part to the bolt in the rock? I am wondering if the knot can come undone in this case. I understand the knot would not come und... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Is it safe to use a nylon climbing runner/webbing that has a small fray? I have a 120cm nylon runner that I want to use to tether me to an anchor bolt while cleaning the anchor. The runner has a small fray (pictures below). Is it safe to use? (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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is it safe to use a 4mm cord for French Prusik auto-block friction hitch when rappelling off parallel 10mm dynamic rope? I want to rappel off of 10mm dynamic rope. The rope will be fed through both sides of the ATC device (parallel). Is it safe to use a 4mm cord for my French Prusik auto-block knot? There is a similar question [1] but it only refers to ascending, while I am asking about descending. Note that my questi... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |