Long rappel spinning issue
I've done a number of long (300+/- ft) free hanging rappels and only had the issue of spinning one time, the time I went first on a Sqwurel. I watched the video and counted 19 total full 360's. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can prevent this in the future?
Long rappel spinning issue
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Originally Posted by
ratagonia
Me, I am a fanatic. I bag my ropes for ALL raps. Or at least, pretty close.
I have always considered it as "when someone officially becomes a canyoneer", when they realize how handy rope bags are. If you don't use rope bags, you are just a climber who happens to be in a canyon.
What rope bags are most useful for is deploying the rope. Arrive at the anchor, secure the top of the rope to the anchor, drop the bag. The rope is deployed, no knots, no fuss. And yes, coiling and uncoiling almost always introduces twists in the rope, bagging does not.
Tom
X2.
And another added benefit of a rope bag is when you toss the bag off a rap where you can’t see the bottom ,you can hear when it lands (or not).
If not, the rap isn’t long enough or it got tangled up somewhere, etc.
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