A windy rappel, resulting in a stuck and cut rope.

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A windy rappel, resulting in a stuck and cut rope.

A windy rappel, resulting in a stuck and cut rope.

Shortly before bailing from the ridge.
mvs
on Sep 10, 2012 1:03 pm
Lat/Lon: 45.90000°N / 7.30000°E
Image ID: 812968

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Sarah Simon

Sarah Simon - Sep 11, 2012 12:40 am - Voted 10/10

Ugh!

Sorry about the bad news at this part of your journey. I've had the "stuck rope on the rappel," but we got it "unstuck" and didn't have to cut it and leave it!

Sarah

mvs

mvs - Sep 11, 2012 3:15 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Ugh!

Yes, I've usually been lucky that way too, but this time the rope flew way to the left in the sunny rocks. In the cold wind in mountain boots it looked like 5.12 to get over there :D. Now that I think about it, maybe reclimbing to the top of the tower, and rigging another rappel that allowed us to hang over that face would have worked. But the huge previous day had taken it's toll...energy was low!

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