JAshley73
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Today I took the family hiking to a nearby nature preserve, and we setup a rappel near a waterfall just for fun.
There was a "severe" overhang at the ledge - let's just call it 8 feet/ 2meters - long enough that one's legs could not touch the rock face under the overhang...
Is there a decent method, aid device, or technique to help descend over a severely overhung ledge? Ascending up past the ledge, I know one could use an etrier, an extra ascender above the ledge with a foot-loop tethered to it, etc...
But what about descending past this overhung ledge? Is an etrier practical here? Or does it simply complicate matters?
Thanks in advance...
There was a "severe" overhang at the ledge - let's just call it 8 feet/ 2meters - long enough that one's legs could not touch the rock face under the overhang...
Is there a decent method, aid device, or technique to help descend over a severely overhung ledge? Ascending up past the ledge, I know one could use an etrier, an extra ascender above the ledge with a foot-loop tethered to it, etc...
But what about descending past this overhung ledge? Is an etrier practical here? Or does it simply complicate matters?
Thanks in advance...