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0 pointsdarkerside4y ago0 comments

I'd generally trade more little injuries sliding down a shallow wall for one big injury from a free fall.

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For that you have a rope, that's the objective part...you would not climb (i hope) an overhanging wall.

>little injuries sliding down a shallow wall

Those are often not "little" the rocks rip you apart, and when you stop you look not human anymore (a bag of flesh)...happens often at glaciers too.

Oh, but in the alps there are ways with a metal ladder, where you indeed "walk" a overhanging way, without rope.

Not for everyone obviously.

nix234y ago

You have steelropes or hooks there too and a via ferrata set with a shock-absorber and a helmet:

And if without securing...even a bigger objective danger for you to decide if you can do it, that's the point.

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nix234y ago

For that you have a rope, that's the objective part...you would not climb (i hope) an overhanging wall.

>little injuries sliding down a shallow wall

Those are often not "little" the rocks rip you apart, and when you stop you look not human anymore (a bag of flesh)...happens often at glaciers too.

Oh, but in the alps there are ways with a metal ladder, where you indeed "walk" a overhanging way, without rope.

Not for everyone obviously.

nix234y ago

You have steelropes or hooks there too and a via ferrata set with a shock-absorber and a helmet:

And if without securing...even a bigger objective danger for you to decide if you can do it, that's the point.

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