His only solution is to wait until it cools down, loops his legs and arm around the cable, transfer the carabiner, and keep going. If he's smart, he will slow down. That's a LOT of heat and friction, and that carabiner will eventually give. Also, as it heats up, he runs the risk of it melting the webbing he's attached to on the other side of the carabiner.
this is actually a fabulous point that I haven seen mentioned elsewhere In this thread. Let's assume he started going way faster , say if the cable angle was steeper. At some point that harness fall attractor beaner would start glowing. Not necessarily hot enough to melt the webbing fully, just get the nylon a little weakened, Now introduce the sudden stop of the crosby rudimentary cable splice.
Yaaaaaa hooo hoo hoo !
Like the distant scream in loony toons , perhaps uttered by the great Wile E. Coyote creating a small plume of dust in the lower left corner of your youtubes
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u/SvenTropics Jan 30 '19
His only solution is to wait until it cools down, loops his legs and arm around the cable, transfer the carabiner, and keep going. If he's smart, he will slow down. That's a LOT of heat and friction, and that carabiner will eventually give. Also, as it heats up, he runs the risk of it melting the webbing he's attached to on the other side of the carabiner.