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A double-length (48-inch) nylon sling tied     A bomber pine tree tied off with a cordelette.
                 with an overhand knot makes the sling itself   Here the cordelette has been looped around the
                 redundant, but how strong is the tree? It appears   trunk and tied with a figure eight loop, creating
                 deeply rooted, but any tree under 12 inches in   redundancy in the cord both around the tree and
                 diameter at the trunk’s base should be used with   at the two loops the carabiner is clipped to.
                 caution.















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            Rappelling_i-174_3pp_CS55le.indd   28                                                          7/24/13   10:15 AM
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