[TowerTalk] gorilla hooks

[Ryan Jairam]

I always thought it was "rappel" and not "repel"

De n2rj Ryan

On 8/15/10, D Calder <towertalk at 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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> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 8:42 PM
> To: Roger (K8RI)
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> 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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