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|Pull approximately two meters of slack (1), tie a [[Figure_eight#On_a_bight_(tie_in_in_a_middle)|Figure 8 on a bight]] on it and clip it to your harness belay loop
|Pull approximately two meters of slack (1), tie a [[Figure_eight#On_a_bight_(tie_in_in_a_middle)|Figure 8 on a bight]] on it and clip it to your harness belay loop
|File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step2.png
|File:prebuilt_lowering_quick_step2.png
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|Untie the Figure 8 which is directly at your harness (2)
|Untie the Figure 8 which is directly at your harness (2)
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|File:prebuilt_lowering_quick_step3.png
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|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]]
|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_quick_step4.png
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|Untie the Figure 8 on a bight, remove the carabiner at your harness (4), and the toprope carabiners (5)
|Remove the carabiner at your harness (4,5), untie the Figure 8 on a bight (6), remove the toprope carabiners (7) and ask your belayer for a block while lifting yourself slightly towards the anchor (8)
|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 (6) and test the setup by asking your belayer to block (7)
|Before committing to the system, check that you really can hang in the rope (your personal anchor should be loose and the rope tight) and visually inspect both the tie in and the threading through the rappel ring (9)
|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 (8)
|After you inspected and tested that the setup is safe, you can remove the rest of the gear from the anchor (10)
|File:prebuilt_lowering_brief_step7.png
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|And you are safe to get lowered (9)
|And you are safe to get lowered (11)
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|To test the setup, ask belayer for a block (15) before removing your personal anchor
|To test the setup, ask belayer for a block (15) before removing your personal anchor
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step16.png
|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step16.png
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|Inspect both the tie-in (16) and the threading of the rope through the anchor rappel ring (17)
|Inspect both the tie-in (16) and the threading of the rope through the anchor rappel ring (17)
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|File:prebuilt_lowering_detailed_step18.png
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|Unscrew (18) and clean-up (19) the rest of your gear from the anchor
|Unscrew (18) and clean-up (19) the rest of your gear from the anchor
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|And get lowered (20) by a belayer
|And get lowered (20) by a belayer
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=== References ===
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