Another pantin lost in Short Drop!

[Rachel]

So whilst keeping an eye out for adep's lost pantin, I somehow managed to lose my own! It's somewhere between the entrance and pitch head in Short Drop, probably at the bottom of a puddle somewhere. It doesn't have any markings but it's a left footer and I'd be very happy to see it again.

 

[pwhole]

Somewhere deep down below, a small, weird-looking character just nailed yet another Pantin to the wall...

 

[Tim Pickering]

Somewhere deep down below, a small, weird-looking character just nailed yet another Pantin to the wall...

Hey.. I resemble that remark!

I have never, nor ever will, nailed a pantin to the wall.

 

[adep]

Hmm, my Pantin then yours...., whats going on??

 

[topcat]

Lost pantins seem very common.
Where are they being lost from? Off the foot? Out of tackle sacks, off krabs clipped to harness??

It would be good to know.

 

[pwhole]

Last weekend one of our party in JH lost their Pantin off her foot somewhere on the return trip along the cartgate - luckily one of the de-riggers found it, and as he didn't have one, put it to good use in the shaft. Hopefully he'll be persuaded to buy one now. I switched to the TurboFoot last year, so pretty much the only Petzl gear I'm still using is the Omni krab.

 

[Rachel]

Hmm, my Pantin then yours...., whats going on??

There must be a black market in pantins going on. Look out for any dodgy looking characters .... damn, that wouldn't narrow it down

 

[Rachel]

Lost pantins seem very common.
Where are they being lost from? Off the foot? Out of tackle sacks, off krabs clipped to harness??

It would be good to know.

Mine was on a krab clipped to my gear loop

 

[Fulk]

The only bit of SRT kit I've ever lost (and never found) was a Pantin.

 

[topcat]

Just a though: if you clip the Pantin strap to a krab on your harness the strap can come undone (the black one).

I leave my Pantin threaded at the buckle, and the excess strap ( the bit you pull to tighten) has a knot in the end. So, it can't come undone and you have something to grip when pulling tight on your foot.

Probably won't work by the time you get to size 10 though.

Now I've said it.....bound to loose my Pantin next time out ! Then there will be tears!

 

[JoshW]

My pantin has a hole in it which I then clip a carabiner through. It’s fairly snug so assume this helps with it not falling off.

I have however lost a hand jammer on my way down ireby fell, only noticing at the bottom when I needed to come back up..

 

[topcat]

^^Beware 'hard' clipping kit. I've lost two Petzl knives clipping them direct through the krab hole. When squirming about they are prone to self-unclipping, a bit like the issue of direct clipping hangers then moving along a traverse line.

Incredibly the second knife, replacement for the first one , was lost the very first time down a cave! Slow learner! I now have the knife on a short quick draw, so 'soft' clipped. This seems to have solved the problem.

When I clip a Pantin to harness via its own strap this has the same effect. So far so good. My Pantin doesn't have the hole, but I wouldn't use it if it did. Or I'd use a screwgate.

 

[Rachel]

Just a though: if you clip the Pantin strap to a krab on your harness the strap can come undone (the black one).

I usually put the krab through the part of the strap that goes under the wellie, but maybe this time I didn't

 

[adep]

The only bit of SRT kit I've ever lost (and never found) was a Pantin.

Wasnt mine you found by any chance was it!! CT with yellow Grivel strap

 

[aricooperdavis]

There's enough room in the slot that the strap goes through to also pass a narrow bit of cord for securing the pantin to stuff. This also takes up less room on your krab, which is nice. I'll take a photo when I'm home

 

[Balmerfish]

Wasnt mine you found by any chance was it!! CT with yellow Grivel strap

Hi, I think I've found your pantin. It's was near the muddy slope into Glasfurd’s chamber.