One Way to Make Rappelling Safer
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In many parts of the world, tethering our rappel device and extending it away from us has become the norm. In other parts of the world, it is not. So, let's take a look at the pros and cons of extending a rappel device to dig behind those differences.
My preferred plaquette-style belay device is the DMM Pivot.