I noticed the other day that all the REI handouts on ropes, harnesses,
vertical gear, etc. have a new disclaimer that they do not support this
style of "Aussie" rappelling and state that it is dangerous. A few years
ago we had one of the local swat team members ask if it was OK if he set
up next to our boy scout training session on the cliff. It looked like
he knew what he was doing so I said OK. 10 minutes later out of the
corner of my eye I saw him "run down the 30 foot cliff" Aussie style.
That was interesting, but then a while later he had one of our scout
leaders (who had never been on a rope before) give it a try. I tried it
myself, once. But I wouldn't let anyone else in our group of 12-15 do it.
In contrast, one of our guys accidentally kicked one of this guy's
biners over the edge and it hit the ground 30 feet below, on what was
probably dirt. He said not to worry about it and refused our offer to
retrieve the biner. He was willing to do the Aussie rappel, but NOT to
re-use a biner that may have had a nick on it. As far as I am concerned
this style is only good for sneaking down the face of a building to take
care of the bad guys as you look in the window from just above.
- Pete
Antonio Aguirre Alvarez wrote:
what the f... was this guy trying to do? :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0bI7GUJcEc
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