DiscGo
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I went Canyoneering this last weekend in Pine Creek. I was doing the 90 foot rappel at the of the canyon, and the webbing looked brand new. I was the first in my group to go, and I anchored and then began rappelling. I had rappelled about 10 feet and then I began hearing a horrible "twangy" sound. It sounded like the rope was snapping, (or like piano string being cut). The sound freaked me out, and so I rappelled down much faster than usual in fear of straight falling from 80 feet in the air.
I made it down safely, and so did the rest of my group. My friends said that the sound was coming from the webbing, but they couldn't explain why it was making that sound as it moved around. When they descended they had the same sound reoccur for them.
Have any of you ever had an experience anything like this? Or know anything about why we would have been hearing a twangy, string snapping sound as we rappelled?
I made it down safely, and so did the rest of my group. My friends said that the sound was coming from the webbing, but they couldn't explain why it was making that sound as it moved around. When they descended they had the same sound reoccur for them.
Have any of you ever had an experience anything like this? Or know anything about why we would have been hearing a twangy, string snapping sound as we rappelled?