Would You Use Your Belay Device Carabiner This Way?
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Climbing is full of tradeoffs. It’s hard to have a simpler anchor for a rappel than a rope around a tree or rock, but that same system can be environmentally damaging (especially to trees) or can have too much friction to easily pull the rope (often when around rocks). So, here is an option that potentially addresses these issues, but it does mean more material is used, which increases the likelihood of the rope getting stuck, say, in a crack, when pulled.