The use of SFD8 must respect the fundamental rules of safety, equipment and progression
All these techniques must be implemented while respecting the fundamental rules of safety, equipment and progression:
- Always be skirted
- Insure and ensure
- Establish friction management techniques
- Systematically apply the double mooring rule
- Adapt the assembly of the descender to the characteristics of the vertical, the person and the rope
- Take into account the environment, the weather and the level of practitioners
The technical sheets to guide you in the use of the SFD8 chute descender
Basic Individual Progression Techniques