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Speeding up a rappel – call off belay first
If you’re the first person rappelling (or first or second if it’s a party of three, etc.), once you’re safe at the next anchor or on the ground, don’t disengage yourself from the rope and then yell “Off Rappel.”
Instead, quickly pull out about 3 tugs of slack (imagine feeding slack to a leader who’s about to clip), and then yell “off rappel.” That way, the next person to rappel has enough rope to set up their own rappel, and then you can take your time to disengage from the rope. This saves much more time than you would imagine.
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