Er, why would one choose a carabiner brake as a preferred rap. device?
I’ve used it because: 1) loaned rap device to partner who couldn’t fit a doubled fuzzy 11mm through her rap device. 2) loaned rap device to partner who left his at the bottom of the route (followed by partner dropping my rap device to bottom of route and instant retiring of rap device) 3) used three break biners to provide more friction than rap device provided to provide more confidence when expecting to have a hard time cleaning on rapel. From: John Byrnes If your biner rig isn’t providing the friction you want (ie. there’s too few cross-biners), then put the rope between your legs and grab it behind you. Bringing your hand back to waist level wraps the rope around your leg (over your leg loop) and gives you lots of fine control. At that point, changing the position of your hand varies the amount of friction against your leg, similar to the other devices. Of course, you could have added a biner before you started.
