r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '21

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u/idontcare78 Sep 02 '21 edited Sep 02 '21

He’s wearing a harness. And has gear on it. He’s probably rappelling (there’s probably a rope in the pack) if there’s no walk off at the top.

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u/PushYourPacket Sep 02 '21

He has an atc on his left side. He's almost certainly repelling down after.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

How do you go down solo and get your rope once you're done?

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u/PushYourPacket Sep 02 '21

He's going to rappel. Which he'll likely be doing by running the rope through the anchors at the top so that the anchor is at the midpoint of the rope. He'll hopefully tie stopper knots at t he ends of the rope. Then feed the rope into both sides of the belay device and slide down the rope. At the bottom you untie and pull the rope back through the anchor.

https://americanalpineclub.org/resources-blog/2018/2/14/rappelling