simonsays
New member
Whilst descending the 75' pitch into Yordas yesterday I reached the conclusion that I'm the wrong shape for srt.... Despite losing 5 stones in weight over the last year I'm still kind of porky. 5'10" and about 15 stone. My centre of gravity is way to high, the hand gripping the petzl stop is also having to constantly fight to hold me in an upright position. Very tiring on the wrists, by the time i was down I had all the strength of limp spaghetti.... If I don't hold on to the stop and just sit in the harness I assume an almost horizontal position. Neither comfortable nor safe
I'm working on the long term solution. It involves salad :-\
In the short term I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on how to alter my centre of gravity to make my abseils safer and less knackering? I thought about adding another karabiner between the harness and the stop but this just raises the stop up a bit, it doesn't really address the centre of gravity issue...
Any ideas?
I'm working on the long term solution. It involves salad :-\
In the short term I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on how to alter my centre of gravity to make my abseils safer and less knackering? I thought about adding another karabiner between the harness and the stop but this just raises the stop up a bit, it doesn't really address the centre of gravity issue...
Any ideas?