Hey, it was early. Spare me.
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Jairam
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 9:50 AM
To: D Calder; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] gorilla hooks
I always thought it was "rappel" and not "repel"
De n2rj Ryan
On 8/15/10, D Calder <towertalk@n4zkf.com> wrote:
> It's not a repel. It's a "controlled descent". :)
>
> Yes, triple self-locking beaners are to be used...... You have to
> twist to open. You can still do it with one hand very easy when you get
used to them.
>
> 73 Dave
> n4zkf
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> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of jimlux
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 8:42 PM
> To: Roger (K8RI)
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] gorilla hooks
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> Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>
> There are lots of clever locking carabiner designs out there. A lot
> of them are really designed to be connected once (hooking the rappel
> rack to the harness, for instance) and disconnected once, so are
> deliberately hard to clip/unclip. Very different from what you'd use,
> say, in clipping into your protection or in aid climbing, where you
> want to be able to reach up and snap the 'biner into the loop with one
hand.
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