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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expo Rigging Handbook</h2> 
<h1>Approaching a typical rebelay</h1>


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<p>Tina White approaching a typical rebelay from below in Kaninchenh&ouml;hle.
Note that there is too little slack in the rope above the rebelay, though there
is no doubt that a lot will appear once the rope is loaded. 
<p>This is something
to watch out for on the descent: when the slack disappears as the upper rope
is unloaded, it is possible to find that you can't remove your descender from
the rope without attaching an ascender to re-load it.</p>

<p>This is an mild example of an unnecesarily acrobatic rig which should be re-done on any route with heavy traffic.
<p class="caption">Photo &copy; Mark Dougherty, 199x</p>

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