Tony W wrote:
"Tony Raven" wrote in message
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Dulfersitz:

What do you mean? When I were a lad that was _the_ way you abseiled!
Been down all sorts of terrain in the Lakes, Scotland, Wales and Alps
that way. Bowline and two half hitches round the waist to tie on too.
None of these fancy harnesses and stuff


One can hardly claim a figure of 8 decender is 'hi tech' !!


I didn't but neither has it always been around and people somehow
managed to abseil without it before it existed


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Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon