How To Climb A Rope Using Prusiks | Climbing Daily Ep.1549 

Good to see Trev's face here. He's a great dude. If you want to go on an amazing climbing trip somewhere warm, look him up!

In Italy we call that knot Machard and Prusick is a similar one, but the sling starts to "wrap" itself from the centre.

How do I come down? I’m stuck up a tree

You make it look so easy... When the weather allows it I am going to attempt this for the first time in a back yard tree. I won't be climbing more than a short distance for a while, but it looks like a good place to learn.

Love it! Super useful skill to have

Thanks, Trev! Awesome video!

Nice video! If the upper prusik were slightly longer, it would be easier to ascending.

Sit/Stand method. The top prusik looks like a VT. My go to when climbing with my Rooe Wrench.

That's incredible! I prefer using my mechanical devices but this is fascinating that it can be done with cord like that!!

I feel like using this method would allow even people that would normally have issues climbing ropes ascend safely. Good skill to have.

And in a couple of years, you will arrive at your destination. Thumbs up.

We were out practising this at the local crag yesterday. Great instructions btw and all went well until I got to the top. I couldnt progress over the top with the body prussik. For all intents I beach whaled myself hauling on the static rope to get over. Not elegant. Is there a more savvy way to topout on prussiks?

Tomorrow will be the first time I've done this in fifty years, so well see how it goes. As I recall it, I use a line on each foot. A third line goes to my seat harness to use for resting. I make a 'stirp' from two plastic hoses (one inside the other) to keep the rope from crushing my feet. In the above video, it would be hard to bend my leg so far as to lose the leverage so using two legs I can take smaller and quicker 'steps' up the rope. I will run the lines (at least one of them) through a chest harness to keep me close to the rope. Something along those lines to push my 69 year old body up about 30 feet. Nice voice on the guy in the video, as if southern Americans could understand those Brits anyway. Enjoy.

Very nice video. I am looking for this same type video and example such as this, yet a video to Show how to utilize this method without use of climbing gear( such as emergency situation and your without your actual climbing safety gear). Teach how to in emergency with no man made harnesses Only rope

Thanks for this video gave me the courage to do it. Just climbed the 20meter mast of my sailboat

For the clove hitch backup, do you leave it where it is as you ascend? Or do you take in the rope so it's relatively close to your body and you won't fall too far if both prusiks fail?

what size is that cordage for the prusiks?

Needing to learn how to climb and descend on a rope solo. Is using a foot loop hard on the knees?

I wish this video spent more time and went slower on the building/tying prusiks part. That's a much bigger concern for me than how to ascend.

I prefer to use a bachman for ascending ropes (crevasse self rescue practice mostly) because when your rope is wet/frozen and your hands are too, or you are wearing gloves, the big carabiners are really nice as handles to break the knot and move it up. Not to mention, it can be tied with only one free end in a pinch. I like a Texas prusik for my feet so I don't have to do a s#!+ ton of pistol squats the whole way up, takes a bit more prep though. Haha

I have just discovered this technique (I'm new in caving). So, a prusik knot is used as an ascender?

I'm so early nobody has even complained about the use of the word "prusik"

He was tying an auto Block though for the first one unless names are interchangeable

any reason to not use a longer sling or two slings for the foot loop so you could use both feet when pushing up to ascend?

I like seeing content like this but it scares me that someone is going to go and try this while only following the video and not really knowing what they are doing.

"One eternity later"

What do you have the hanging rope anchored to?

It works well until I had to sit down a bit too hard. once the kleimheist got too much pressure on it it just refuses to come lose. It's like its welded to the rope. I eventually got it lose but it took about 20 minutes to do so.

hello from France I'm looking every of your video , I'm a climber addict and I was wondering how it could be possible to work with you kind regard

Am I crazy or did he do the same knot for both but just misspoke and meant to do a different knot. The first knot he ties which he called “French Prusik” looks like what I know as a klemheist knot. Then he did the same thing for the other and said “klemheist knot”.

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Is climbing a rope with a prusik aid?

Are prusik all that safe? isn't it possible for the two small rope just lose their grip on the bigger rope and just slide down, and you with it?

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This is theeeeee most Hardcore of all ascending techniques... Kids, dont try this at home!

This is wrong. Your main prusik should be long as ur arm reach when u sif in harness. And u can use 2 "pedals" for both of legs. U can literally walk on rope.

everyone is better off watching Outdoor Research videos on these climbing tips, theyre much better made and explained. even better yet would be to get a guide to teach you

3 years later he finally made it to… what? What was that?… nope he’s still trying to make it to the top.

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This is cultural appropriation

I am suprised that black climbers exist :D