Incident:Pitch 5 - not enough rope in Yeah Baby Canyon 2024/06/10

Incident:Pitch 5 - not enough rope in Yeah Baby Canyon 2024/06/10
Date	2024/06/10
Location	Yeah Baby Canyon
Severity	No loss
Canyoneering-related	Yes
SAR involvement	No
Navigation problem	No
Environmental problem	No
Communication problem	No
Planning problem	No
Skills problem	Yes
Body movement problem	No
Rigging problem	Yes
Rappel problem	No
Insufficient gear	No
Gear failure	No

Summary

Pitch 5 - yeah baby canyon. Fed a 50m rope through bolts (25m on ground each side). First abseiler went down and found not enough rope to reach ground, about 5 Meters too short. The abseiler had a spare rope in his backpack and rigged a rope transfer to get to ground safely. No injuries.

Note - Pitch 5 is closer to 30 meters

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Incident:Pitch 5 - not enough rope in Yeah Baby Canyon 2024/06/10

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