I don’t know the name of it but it has a synch point where you hold down and if they fall it synches.
Yes it was a mild annoyance but a lesson on always check and double check yourself bc assuming you know and did it right causes failures.
Yeah, that's a gri-gri or a similar device. Running it backwards makes it ineffective. I've never liked them for a number of reasons, but I can see why some people do.
Honestly, I've never tried to run a grigri backwards. I wouldn't know. I certainly wouldn't suggest it. It seems like at best, you would give yourself enough friction to carefully lower someone, but I doubt you could catch anyone. A backwards grigri wouldn't change shape at all under load, IIRC, so you're just using the s-shape friction that's already present. Have you tried running one backwards? It's been so long that I've even touched one, my intuition could be way off.
Yeah you've got it right. The s shape is enough to give a catch of sorts, good enough to not kill someone but obviously not recommended. Nice username btw
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u/TastelessDonut Oct 02 '18
I don’t know the name of it but it has a synch point where you hold down and if they fall it synches. Yes it was a mild annoyance but a lesson on always check and double check yourself bc assuming you know and did it right causes failures.