Pigtail
A pigtail - other regional names are pigs ear, snail, ram horns, antlers - is climbing a piton , the deflection as for the securing and releasing of climbers in top rope used.
The classic shape is a coiled metal pin that is modeled on a swing hook and is reminiscent of a pig's tail. This was carved directly into the rock. Modern pig tails consist of a piece of metal that hangs from a rock hook.
Pigtails allow the rope insert without unbinding from the harness . The use of tails when lowering and top rope climbing is only considered safe if there is redundancy through a second belay . From abseiling to Sauschwänzen is discouraged by accidents caused by cable detachment. Pig tails are not suitable as an intermediate backup .
literature
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Pit Schubert : Safety and risk on rock and ice.
- Volume 2. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7633-6018-5 , pp. 192-195.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photo of a pigtail-like hook on a gate
- ↑ Beware of abseiling on the "pig tail"! Austrian Alpine Club , July 3, 2014, accessed on May 5, 2015 .
- ↑ Pig tails: Watch out! bergstieg.com, July 2, 2014, accessed May 5, 2015 .
- ^ Pit Schubert: Safety and risk in rock and ice . tape 1 , 2009, p. 116 ( preview [accessed May 4, 2020]).