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From: ds4a@dalton.acc.Virginia.EDU (Dale Southard)
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Subject: Re: Near Accident...
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.164407.19924@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 91 16:44:07 GMT
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In article <356@ptcburp.ptcbu.oz.au> michi@ptcburp.ptcbu.oz.au (Michael Henning) writes:
>bb1v+@andrew.cmu.edu (Barry Lowell Brumitt) writes:
>
>>1) If Person 2 had an RSL there is a good chance his reserve would
>                       ^^^
>
>Sorry to be so ignorant, but what is an RSL ?
>

Don't worry, you're not that ignorant :-)

RSL = Reserve Static Line also called a "Stevens Line"

It is a line connecting one or both of the main risers to the reserve ripcord
or pin.  When you cut the main away, the departing risers then "pull" your
reserve for you.

It is simular in concept to the "SOS" (Single Operation System) that uses one 
handle to both release the main and deploy the reserve.  Both are designed to
ensure reserve deployment after a breakaway.

Your friendly net-rigger.



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