They’re just pulled through the rings at the top, once he’s down he pulls on the orange line and it’ll pull right through. Always gotta remember to remove the knots at the ends of the ropes before hand 😉
The blue rope is his climbing rope. The orange rope is a "tagline" -- a lightweight rope used only for lowering off the climb. He ties the climbing rope and tagline together and the knot "blocks" at the rappel rings. Now he can rappel the full length of his climbing rope to the bottom. Once down, he pulls on the tagline line, on the side with the knot, and it pulls the tagline down first and finally the tail of the climbing rope goes up and through the rings and falls to the ground (still tied to the tagline). If he didn't use a tagline and belayed through two strands of rope, he would only get half the distance to the ground and he would need a second belay station. In a rescue situation (or if you plan on going up and down the route), you could fix the rope to the anchor and rappel down a single strand. This is pretty common technique for big wall climbing when you don't want to live in a portaledge. Eventually you have to recover the rope by climbing back to the anchor or leaving for someone else to recover.
Just wait. When your favorite spots start blowing up and become over run with people because they seen something about it on tik tok, RU-vid, Facebook you won't think so. I know this is just a little how to video but thats where it starts. "Hey where is that that you are climbing"......
I was thought never to use a belaying tool to rappelle. The continuous abrasion causes a lot of heat on the carabeaner and can melt the rope or weaken it. It is fine to use in emergencies or if you have nothing else, but if you know you are going to rappelle, you should use the thing that looks like the #8
Who puts the anchor points on the rock? Previous climbers or how does it work? Also, I'm curious if those anchors ever come out with all that weight pulling on them?
Its so hard to keep a straight face in those situations. Lots of people freeze up and cry, loudly. This happens on low man made climbs a ton ( of course, as those are far more prevalent ).
@@mihailmilev9909 Climbing is going up with hands, feet and gear and you have a rope for safety. Rappelling is what he's doing in the video, coming down using the rope.
As someone with a brain injury who can't even walk down stairs normally, this shit amazes me lol I wish I could do something like this! But I will live vicariously through you. Also this is terrifying, my heart was beating out of my chest when you started getting down.
There's a new movie called Fall. The one made in 2022 with a girl on a pole in the poster. I couldn't even watch it. I was so scared. My hands and feet sweaty. It's an excellent scary movie. Luckily I didn't skip over the pivotol twist and I have a technical plot hole question but it's the best scary movie I've seen my whole life. My hands are sweaty thinking about it lol.
@@aftersexhighfives I watched the trailer for that and it scared the fuck out of me! Such a terrifying concept lol. Maybe I'll watch it! I used to do stuff like that but nooo wayyy now
If you'd like to try, look for an introduction class for "top rope outdoor climbing." It's setup in a way so you can't actually fall. It's the way everyone should start. I hope you have the opportunity.
I had a room mate in college that was a climber. When he got to the top, he'd wrap a rope around a tree, no knots or anything, and use that rope to rappel down removing the protection on the way down. When he got to the bottom, he'd just pull one end of the rope that was around the tree at the top, and the rope would come down. He'd never leave protection in the wall, that stuff is expensive. Although occasionally a pin would get stuck and he'd have to leave it. He would NEVER use any protection left by a former climber, he would change his route just to stay about 6 feet away from it. He was also very particular about "don't step on the rope". (it damages the rope). I would stand at the bottom and belay, sometimes I'd walk up around back and rappel down (just for fun), but I couldn't climb like him, he was tall, skinny, had strong fingers and toes.
@@jamesjameson4566 I don't know, I lost contact with him years ago. I do know he walked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, but that was the last I heard of him, many years ago.
@@aoqa22 Because it was so dangerous. It might have been in the wall for 20 years, any pressure against it and it might break right off. That could only happen once and you would be dead.
@@lightbearer1550 the anchors are bolted so they're permanent, if you had temporary anchors on the way up you'd let the belay device hold you as you remove them on the way down
@Caper Guy simple physics? If a rope is shorten then there are less places along the length of the rope that could fail. Just like a chain with 2 links has a lower chance of breaking than a chain with 1000 links. Because for each link you add you must factor in that link's chance of failure into the total failure chance of the entire chain. A rope isnt a chain but you can think of each addition of length of rope as adding a "link". TLDR if a rope is longer then it has more places that might break so a short rope would techincally have a lower failure rate.
@@winstonpoplin you're horribly misinformed bud. That's a dynamic Kern mantle rope. It's woven in such a way that when under tension it actually stretches to help mitigate force. The shorter the rope is the less elongation that takes place and the more force is exerted on both the rope, increasing the likelyhood it will fail, and your body, increasing the risk of injury. This explained as "fall factor" and is described by the total length of rope in the system over the length of fall the climber takes, the highest fall factor experienced in rock climbing is a 2 and after a fall factor 2 you should absolutely retire the rope.
Everyone who climbs recognizes it's a dangerous sport. Through practice and obviously good equipment you can mitigate that risk but it's always there. Personally the risk is 100% worthi it.
@@brokeasdope they didnt mention falling on the rope. We are just talking about a single piece of rope, not any specific brand or type of rope. We are talking about the fact that if a rope is longer it has more bonds between atoms that are supporting the weight. And the more bonds between atoms you are hanging from the more likely it is that one will break. Its pretty simple buddy.
If it is single pitch, you stop at every piece by holding the rope and simply pull out the gear, clip it to your harness and keep going. The chains you see him rappelling off are permanent bolts, so they stay there and are replaced every so often when needed. As far as the rope, you pull the end where the knot is and it comes down fairly easily (most of the time).
When I was younger probably 9 or so my step brother (23) was rock climbing and was just about at high up as you and was positioned like you are.. he leaned back to make sure the anchor (or piton) was secured properly and it was for a second.. then it snapped (while he was still leaning back) and he flipped upside down and smashed his head into the rock 😳 he was bleeding SO much I went and passed out in the trees… never wanted to watch or do rock climbing ever again 😅
I'd disagree on a few points the main one being the overhand stopper knots being well away from the main knot rather than butted up against it. This introduces a bigger risk of snagging when you pull the lines. Using a fig 8 to join in this manner gets mixed reviews at best and certainly not standard in the UK but possibly ligit in other areas.
@@AdeClimb double fisherman better to join? I haven’t used twin or half rope. Obviously that may be 2 singles but same principle I guess to join for the rap.
One of two questions I wanted to know about rock climbing that you solved - the first is how did they get those things into the wall the first place? Is it a hero that goes up and screws it in at each interval?
yeah its a hero that goes up. Sometimes they set up top ropes and start from the top down but lots of the time its some crazy cowboys just sending it drinking beers. I climbed at a crag in Jasper called Lost Boys. The guys that established the crag saw it from another mountain while they were looking for climbing spots. This year one of them died having a race to bolt a route
@@christopherevasin4142 that does sound wild! It also sounds like it would be an interesting indie documentary (unless one already exists?) - the documentaries I have seen have been from the climber point of view - but those lads setting the route seem like good for docus.
The two ropes (blue and red) are joined by two knots at the anchor. Once on the ground, you can pull the ropes through the anchor like you would pull a string through a ring. In this case, the ropes will only feed from left to right because the knot is on the right side of the anchor. However, on shorter routes you can rappel off a single rope which allows you to pull the rope down from either side.
Thank you ...I've done some climbing but that was years before you could capture the experience on a go pro or similar device. I might say knowing little about the experience you show today may have had a better effect on attracting new people. Now you can scare the shit out of them prior to the personal experience many regretted back in the day ..lol .. Thanks for taking tbe time to show and share your experience .Wonderful ...be careful
Please look into using a third hand (friction hitch) when repelling like this. If you accidentally let go of your break hand, you could have a serious fall like this.
You should be using a machard or prusik in case something happens and you let go your right hand... prevention is always your best ally 👍🏻 amazing spot btw
So how do you get the equipment down. The one that was holding you, up top. The anchors, clips, etc? PS. What did you drill the holes with, for the anchors in the rock? Sorry, I'm totally new to this!
Considering that this was not made for RU-vid and clearly made for TikTok, not only is this misinformation but propelling to your alleged campground and safety ground is misleading
He is using two "half rope's" together here, then once he is down he pulls the lower rope down. That is how you get the full lenght of the half rope AND the ability to recover it once down. If you use a normal rope, not half, not twin, normal rope, you only get half the lenght and it's usually heavier then using two half ropes.
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Uhm… IS RU-vid STALKING ME! I just started rock climbing (inside tho not on mountains yet) AND NOW IT’S GIVING ME VIDEOS OF ROCK CLIMBING!! THIS HAS HAPPEND BEFORE! WITH SWIMMING. RU-vid why are you stalking me, I’m scared 😰😨😥🫣
Ok so how do y’all clean the rings? Why do you bring 2 ropes up? I’ve got so many questions as just getting into lead and mainly top ropes. I’ll follow a lot of people too. But cleaning I’ve done a handful of times and main problem I have is I feel the bolts get super over crowded, QuickDraws, PAS. How do you minimize the bull on anchors?
Dude. Mad respect. Couple things. One: what’s the grade of that climb and where is it? 2: why did your hand leave that brake strand quant adjusting your anchor? On and ATC? Not having any issues, just trying to learn.
Hey man I love all ur videos my name is Daniel and I’m a Boy Scout. I’m going to this rope course and it’s basically what ur doing, and I’m very scared of heights and it’s my first time doing this, can u give me some advice of not being scared and how to be safe Ty!❤❤😅😅🎉🎉
Heh i used to have a 100m static line for rappelling. I was able to do a 276' single line descent once. God that was fun. Since i was doing it just for fun and not for tactical training, i threw the bag down instead of using a leg bag. That meant the entire weight of the type was pulling down which basically acted like a belay. So the first 40' or so rather than breaking to control speed, i actually had to feed the line through my figure 8. But once i could drop freely i had fun lol
I've been watching Climbing videos recently even though I'm not a climber. This morning I woke up and randomly thought "I wonder how they get down?" RU-vids algorithm can read minds...I shit you not.
Are you trolling is by using that knot???? Flemish bend with backup knots??? Just use the flat overhand! It's super bomber and less likely to get stuck.
Im curious as to how you're going to retrieve your rope? Unless of course you had run your rope through the rings without leaving any hardware....? But it looks as though you left a carabiner. Hard to tell. Definitely leaving a runner for sure permanently...not a fan of attaching runners to bolts and rope to runner though.
So for every climb, you leave anchors at the top and across the face of every rock formation you climb? If true... That makes popular climbing spots riddled with "trash" left behind by climbers and pristine rocks that took millions of years to form just another style of graffiti without paint.
I felt ill when I saw the ropes sawing across that overhang lip, with the right edge and the right angle they can cut ropes surprisingly fast. (I'm sure you know, just posting this so optimistic newbies don't emulate without proper training and fall to their deaths)
So do all those anchors just stay in the rocks forever then after you leave? If a lot of people climb and area wouldn't that weaken and damage the rock structure over time? What about the ones with plastic covers? Does that just stay in the environment then? Just asking, genuinely don't know how you get your gear back.
So how do you get your ropes and stuff back? I've always wondered that. I'm way too afraid of heights but I wish I wasn't because I would love to try this. But instead I enjoy hiking through the mountains with both feet on the ground at all times 😄
I have never self rappeled down but I do self belay when route setting and having an ATC as the belay device is scary. That doesn’t lock the rope that much and you have to hold your own breakline the whole time to stop falling down. Scary.
Bit of advice when rapping. Don't attach your belay device on a sling the your harness. If the device is up around your face(especially when you look down) you are running the Risk of getting your hair caught in it. It's not a good time if that occurs.
