Preview to: Having Too Short of Climbing Rope for a Rappel (Abseil) to the Next Anchor
In some circumstances, attaching two ropes together and lowering a first climber down on a single strand may be the safest way to descend a climbing route. If we do so, we need to be able to pass the rope-joining knot through the lowering system safely and efficiently. The full video provides two methods for doing so.
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