Decking

Xam wrote:

How exactly does the same fall length on more rope out increase fall factor?

It was early when I wrote it and was not thinking.

i thought this thread was about Docking - i mean, many of you are traddies.
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Chimney Dyl wrote:

I stand corrected on my assumption, although it would be 15 ft of slack out. The 20 ft fall would put you 5 ft off the ground, still making it more dangerous than clipping at/near your waist. 

We're getting a bit semantic here, but I'm not counting "distance above bolt" as "slack", and the equation I wrote doesn't work if you do. The way I'm describing it, you have 10 feet of slack out, and you are 5 feet above the bolt. Regardless, I think we're on the same page now. And I agree that clipping from a lower stance can be more dangerous in some situations, but the reason (as others have noted) is that you are falling lower, not farther.