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mishap. It is as well to fold a waistcoat and with it pad the longer 
bight, else it is apt after a time to feel rather sharp, especially 
if a thin rope be employed. 
Owing to the risk of a thin rope becoming frayed on a cliff, 
I have during the last ten years often employed 2 in. rope in place 
of the Alpine 14 in. which I have relegated to tree work or for 
i CLIMBER IN CANVAS SLING READY TO DESCEND A CLIFF. 
use as a life-line and for general purposes as hereafter described. 
One hundred feet of 2 in. manila weighs about 9 Ib. and, owing 
to its bulk is as much as a man can carry with comfort when 
climbing among rocks. It enormously adds to the comfort of 
the climber if in place of making a descent in the bight of the 
rope, whether it be 2 in. or bigger stuff, he be provided with 
acanvas sling. This is nothing more than a belt of folded canvas 
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