Lowering a lead climber from an anchor: Difference between revisions

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=== Lowering from a pre-built sport anchor ===
=== Lowering from a pre-built sport anchor ===
==== step-by-step description ====
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|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step1.png
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|Pull a bit of slack (1)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step2.png
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|Tie a [[Figure_eight#On_a_bight_(tie_in_in_a_middle)|Figure 8 on a bight]] (2)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step3.png
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|Clip it to your harness belay loop by a carabiner (3) and screw its gate (4)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step4.png
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|Undo the Figure 8 by which you were originally tied-in (5)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step5.png
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|And completely untie the knot (6)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step6.png
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|Pull the loose end of the rope through the rappel ring (7)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step7.png
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|Once the rope is through you got to attach it back to yourself
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step8.png
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|[[Figure_eight#Follow-through_(tie-in_on_the_rope_end)|Tie-in by a Figure 8]] (8)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step9.png
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|You will get lowered on this knot, inspect that it is tied properly and through both of the harness loops (9)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step10.png
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|Unscrew the carabiner (10), detach it from your haness (11) and untie the Figure 8 on a bight (12)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step13.png
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|Now remove the two carabiners for the toprope from the setup (13)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step14.png
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|Ask belayer to block to test the setup before removing your personal anchor (14)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step15.png
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|Inspect that both tie-in (15) and threading of the rope through the anchor rappel ring (16) are correct
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step17.png
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|Unscrew (17) and clean-up (18) the rest of your parts of the anchor
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step19.png
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|And get lowered (19) by a belayer
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=== Lowering from a pre-built sport anchor - quick method ===
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