Lowering a lead climber from an anchor: Difference between revisions
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|File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step2.png | |File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step2.png | ||
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|Untie the Figure& | |Untie the Figure 8 which is directly at your harness (2) | ||
|File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step3.png | |File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step3.png | ||
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|Pull the loose rope strand through the rappel ring of the anchor and attach it back to your harness by [[Figure_eight#Follow-through_(tie-in_on_the_rope_end)|tying in by a Figure 8]] | |Pull the loose rope strand through the rappel ring of the anchor (3) and attach it back to your harness by [[Figure_eight#Follow-through_(tie-in_on_the_rope_end)|tying in by a Figure 8]] | ||
|File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step4.png | |File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step4.png | ||
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|Untie the Figure 8 on a bight | |Untie the Figure 8 on a bight, remove the carabiner at your harness (4), and the toprope carabiners (5) | ||
|File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step5.png | |File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step5.png | ||
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|Before committing to the system, visually inspect both the tie in and threading through the rappel ring and test | |Before committing to the system, visually inspect both the tie in and threading through the rappel ring (6) and test the setup by asking your belayer to block (7) | ||
|File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step6.png | |File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step6.png | ||
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|After you inspected and tested that the setup is safe you can remove the rest of the gear from the anchor | |After you inspected and tested that the setup is safe, you can remove the rest of the gear from the anchor (8) | ||
|File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step7.png | |File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step7.png | ||
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|And you | |And you are safe to get lowered (9) | ||
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