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introducing the climbing mythbusters.

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Lubags

Post subject: introducing the climbing mythbusters.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:55 am

Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:31 pm
Posts: 32
Real Name: Marllu da Conceicao

Busting all common climbing myths.

http://www.geir.com/mythbuster.html

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Stu

Post subject: Re: introducing the climbing mythbusters.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:22 am

Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:13 pm
Posts: 554

Nice find.. some interesting reading there.

How many of us have done this before in a rush... :shock:

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Lubags

Post subject: Re: introducing the climbing mythbusters.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:15 pm

Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:31 pm
Posts: 32
Real Name: Marllu da Conceicao

yea i saw that recently, luckily i never use daisy chains

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vander

Post subject: Re: introducing the climbing mythbusters.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:41 pm

Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:51 am
Posts: 126
Location: Cape Town, South Afirca
Real Name: Arno van der Heever

Thanks for the site :thumleft:

Next time Mok frowns at me for using a overhand to attach ropes for an abseil, I'll point him to this site :jocolor:

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shorti

Post subject: Re: introducing the climbing mythbusters.

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:51 pm

Joined: Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:13 pm
Posts: 674

vander wrote:

Next time Mok frowns at me for using a overhand

I can't remember him ever having a problem with the FORK (Flat Overhand Rappel Knot - I added "Rappel" for redundancy :wink:

), but I've had to endure a lot of EDK this and EDK that. Now we have backup!

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