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Clipping into Quickdraws
If you have top roped an overhanging or
traversing route, and someone else wants
to top rope after you, you’ll need to clip the
rope to some of the quickdraws on your
way down as ‘directionals’. These
directionals stop the next climber from
swinging wildly across the rock if they fall.
Simply clip your rope into the quickdraws
as you lower. Depending on the route, you
may need to clip them all, or just a couple.
Pulling the Rope Down
Untie any knots from the rope before you
pull it down.
Shout 'rope' before it falls. This is so that
everyone around you is expecting it – a
falling rope in the head hurts!
Make sure to pull the rope through so that
the falling end drops down through the
clipped quickdraws (if you are leaving them
in). This will slow it down and make it safer.
Rope!
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