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Re: [mudlab] Woman Small Man Big?:
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justthemaid
Jun 5, 2007, 3:54 PM
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My BF outweighs me by 80 lbs.
The system that works best for me is:
a) Use a thick rope. Skinny little sport ropes (under 10.2) suck when your partner is a lot heavier. We actually use 10.4/10.5. More friction in the system makes it less likely to be dragged around. If he's got enough draws in, I won't even come off the ground. It's also easier to keep control of the rope when lowering him.
b) Use a higher friction device- I use a ATC-XP (I don't like auto-locking belay devices)
c) I wear belay gloves
d) I rarely anchor down unless it's totally necessary preferring the freedom of movement and to just take the ride.
(necessary tie down being that there's some object I can get hauled into and injured, or there's a really bad landing zone for a fall, or the best place to belay is not directly under the climb.)
I have one heavier partner that just flat out prefers that I be tied down whenever possible, so I do so to make him more comfortable.
I agree you should tie off to the front of the harness not the back.
Your wife should be able to learn to cope with it.
One other thing I will sometime have my BF do if the first bolt is very close to the ground and the start is easy enough to downclimb- once he clips the second bolt I'll have him unclip the first bolt so I don't get sucked into it if he takes a fall. (highly unpleasant)
(This post was edited by justthemaid on Jun 5, 2007, 4:03 PM)
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