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Craig1


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Spelean Pty Ltd Petzl PIRANA Descender  . It can jam your rope whilst under a waterfall, or indeed underwater. You could drown.



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Have done abseiling, but before all these new gadgets.



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Not new device WAWT, it is basically the more familiar "Figure 8" descender with horns attached - to hinder belaying cord slipping over top loop. Professional arborists rarely use them and use a "Munter Hitch"instead - a clove hitch around a carabiner.

See; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munter_hitch

The descender in question has been used for years for rapid descent (Forward Rappelling) www.bing.com/videos/search

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