You can't see it here but these guys are connected to a central pulley type anchor, so if one slips, the other only feels the tug upward. If both fools slip, they just swing from the thingy until they find their footing again.
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| Record breaking climber Brad Gobright, 31, dies after plummeting 600ft down mountain in Mexico when he failed to tie a knot in the end of his rope to stop him sliding off |
| 2019-11-29 |
| [MAIL] A record-breaking veteran climber fell 600-feet to his death off a steep Mexico mountain after failing to tie a knot in his rappel rope. won't make that mistake again. Brad Gobright, 31, had been rappelling down El Sendero Luminoso at El Potrero Chico on Wednesday with climbing partner Aiden Jacobson, 26. Gobright and Jacobson met each other for the first time on the day of the climb. The night before, the veteran climber had posted to Instagram asking whether anyone wanted to join him. Jacobson, from Phoenix, answered the post, and the pair met up the next morning. The pair used a 260ft rope to simul-rappel down the side of the mountain after they reached the peak, according to Outside. The climbing technique is where two climbers, using opposite ends of the same rope, descend down the side of a mountain. The rope is rigged to an anchor, and each climber acts as a counterweight to the other. If one stops weighting the rope, it could cause the other to fall. In this case, Gobright and Jacobson did not tie potentially life-saving stopper knots in the ends of their ropes because it could cause the ropes to get stuck, according to Outside. As the pair descended, they misjudged the length of rope they had on either side - with Gobright having less than he thought. And as they hadn't tied knots into the rope, when it reached its end it slipped out of his rappel device, causing him to fall 600-feet. Jacobson fell at the same time, but his fall was broken by bush and he injured his ankle. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Two guys carry out an inherently dangerous activity and fail to take all necessary precautions. The odds finally caught up with Gobright. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2019-11-29 15:50 |
| #3 It's a form of flying. Pre-flight checklists are essential. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-11-29 04:07 |
| #2 A central piton is hammered deep into the rock crevices. This secures an anchor, a simple device which may have a pulley wheel or just a hook with rope going through it. Two can descend on either side now, sure that even if one guy slips, he'll just swing on the central point. The other guy will not feel more than a tug, and that too toward the piton itself. You can't see it here but these guys are connected to a central pulley type anchor, so if one slips, the other only feels the tug upward. If both fools slip, they just swing from the thingy until they find their footing again. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-11-29 04:00 |
| #1 The rope is rigged to an anchor, and each climber acts as a counterweight to the other. Physics was never my strong suit, but could someone please explain this descent technique ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-11-29 03:31 |