tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post3181579823326689127..comments2024-03-18T21:37:45.026-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: Huey storyPawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-76829465144746224082011-05-29T20:20:16.116-05:002011-05-29T20:20:16.116-05:00Yeah, I can see how that would REALLY suck!Yeah, I can see how that would REALLY suck!Retired Spookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162727356116384883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-49837888673301320692011-05-29T13:41:51.065-05:002011-05-29T13:41:51.065-05:00Our instructors solution was to tie a 4-foot piece...Our instructors solution was to tie a 4-foot piece of 2X4 lumber to the end of the rope. That was guaranteed to keep you from falling off, but the solution was worse than the problem.Pawpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-33425204573740629242011-05-29T11:30:35.535-05:002011-05-29T11:30:35.535-05:00Doing cave rescue, you learn to tie a "stoppe...Doing cave rescue, you learn to tie a "stopper knot" (aka a figure 8) in the end of the rope BEFORE you lower it into an unknown hole, and get on it. It keeps you from rappelling 120 feet on a 100 foot rope, or, as our instructor put it "well, now you're having a bad day!"Retired Spookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162727356116384883noreply@blogger.com