Reports for Cosmiques Arete Aiguille du Midi

Date	Description
23/06/2009	The route requires an abseil down a gully. I was wearing an Alpine Bod harness which doesn't have a belay loop, so the karabiner has to go around the harness itself and also the strap connecting the leg loops. It was only when I unclipped at the bottom that I found that I had attached the abseil device to the rucksack waist belt instead of to the harness. If the buckle had failed I would have only been held by the leg-loops (which also depend on buckles) and an autobloc.

23/06/2009

The route requires an abseil down a gully. I was wearing an Alpine Bod harness which doesn't have a belay loop, so the karabiner has to go around the harness itself and also the strap connecting the leg loops. It was only when I unclipped at the bottom that I found that I had attached the abseil device to the rucksack waist belt instead of to the harness. If the buckle had failed I would have only been held by the leg-loops (which also depend on buckles) and an autobloc.