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Holding both ends of a doubled rope and throwingthe looped middle across the gap to the far anchor point,securing it by judicious flicking around the anchor. Tying to the intended far end some object which willsecurely jam in a crevice or tree crotch on the far side, thusserving as dead man. Belaying one man across. The near end is then anchored and cinched, with care, to prevent excessive sag. There should be a sag of more than 1 foot per 100 of unweighted line, and the rope must not be cinched repeatedly after loading or it will be seriously and cumulatively weakened through loss of resiliency. The rope is then crossed in a slothlike manner, each man, for security, hooking a carabiner through his waistloop and to the line. |
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