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THIS IS VIDEO 9 OF 10 - See textbook 👉 https://www.hownot2.com/post/canyon-r... Here is a free course featuring Brent Roth about different ways to set up rappels through a canyon. This considers ease of rigging, abrasion, ease of rescue and how efficient it is to move people through the canyon. Episodes 1-5 show the systems, Episode 6 shows how it can all be done with 1 device, Episodes 7-8 are friction tests, Episodes 9-10 are break tests of the hardware and the knot blocks. All the episodes are in the textbook 👉 Learn and SHOP at https://www.hownot2.com/shop 👉 Best EMAILS on Earth: https://www.hownot2.com/signup 👉 SUPPORT US and get gear discounts https://hownot2.com/support 👉 10% off ROCKY TALKIE by clicking https://www.hownot2.com/rocky Intro 00:10 - Descender 8 as Anchor 00:59 - Canyon Course 01:54 - Dyneema sling girth hitch 03:11 - Descender 8 Eye 04:14 - Descender 8 End to End 04:38 - PALIKOA Break Test Try #1 07:02 - PALIKOA Break Test Try #2 08:57 - PALIKOA Break Test Try #3