---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: speleoste...@tx.rr.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:29:33 +0000 Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Figure-8 not proper for caving?
Three reasons I can readily think of: gritty caving ropes wear them out fairly fast, whatever friction you start down the pit having is all you're going to have - you can't add much more, and proper technique with them has the rope around your back to your opposite control hand, which in the confines of a cave can cause you to lose your grasp of it. They're okay on the surface when the sun's shining and you have your pretty lyrcra tights on. You can post this on CaveTex. I can't seem to with my Crackberry. Bill ------Original Message------ From: Lyndon Tiu To: texascavers@texascavers.com ReplyTo: Lyndon Tiu Sent: Jun 11, 2009 8:12 AM Subject: [Texascavers] Figure-8 not proper for caving? On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:04:44 -0500 dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: > Everybody else appeared to use a rock-climbers tiny Figure-8. ( I > think most caver's would agree that this > type of Figure-8 is not proper vertical equipment for caving. ) Can someone on this list knowledgeable with vertical caving please explain to me why so? Thanks. -- Lyndon Tiu --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
