On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:27:08 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

I'd be interested in hearing about some of the safety precautions
since I've done a bit of "ascending" without benefit of formal
instruction.

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I'd still be interested in hearing more about that. One of my own
"home grown" rules is never to come down faster than I went up. :-)