I'm only half way through this but just wanted to stop to say thanks for the clear instruction. Will continue watching now!! Well done. Great teaching. Blessings.
Same thought. Excellent clarity and pace and exactly the information I needed. Gotta replay that friction hitch section and practice a bit, but this will be invaluable next weekend when I'm up on my roof (12/12 pitch, 2 stories up... ) Can't tell you how much I appreciate your effort in putting this together. Thanks for sharing!
The friction hitch should be on the tail of your rope to act as a third hand. Extend the 8 with a short sling or webbing to make room for your friction hitch on the brake strand. An autoblock is better than a VT for this method.
This is the instructor everyone needs at their firehouse, very knowledgeable and knows how to deliver that knowledge to others. I know a lot of great guys that know how to do a lot of things but they don't understand how to communicate that to the newer guys, keep up the good work!
Confused about how you would change friction while actually on rappel. A rack is very easy to change friction you can slide the bars to change friction. Wouldnt a rack be better for the job?
There are multiple lowering devices out there but I'm concentrating on the eight because it is the most inexpensive and common device out there. But of course, a rack has its place as well as a multitude of other devices. Thanks for watching.
@@ActionAdventureClips I'm assuming that you load the device correctly before you commit over an edge. This requires pre-planning your descent. But if for some reason you need to do a changeover you ALWAYS have to have a secondary means of attachment. I'm not advocating you change from a single wrap to a double wrap mid-rappel. But you could use the VT as shown after locking off for more control if needed. Thanks for the comments.
Have you ever used the leg wrap or bight on bight locking techniques? I believe they often get referred to as a soft lock and hard lock respectively. They’re basically extensions of jamming the dead strand in front of the live strand against the 8 like what you’ve demonstrated here.
Autoblock? Not quite sure I understand what you are describing but feel free to link a source for me. I'm always up for learning something new. Thanks for watching.
@@lucfournier8222 You’re talking about what often gets referred to as an autoblock or ‘third hand’ whereby a closed loop of cord is wrapped around the brake strand of the rope underneath the descender to form either a French prussik or a Klemheist friction hitch. This serves a different purpose to what I’m talking about: backing up the rappel should your brake hand let go for any number of reasons to prevent you plummeting off the end of the rope. My comment was asking about methods by which you can lock off the descender when you want to remain stationary and go completely hands-free without the risk of rope slippage. I’m not sure what you were trying to say at the end of your comment.
Happy to have you as a subscriber. As far as a fireman belay, do you mean someone on the ground that can pull on the rope to stop someone using an descender? Or are you thinking something else? There are many different names for techniques in the rope world.
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Do you think I am too old at 73 to start this? My Doctor said to find something to exersise a little. The problem I have is going up. Any useful ideas of going upward with gradual or continuous progress?
Hard to answer without knowing your health status. You have to be strong enough to get yourself out of a problem if one occurs unless you have a group that can help you out. Going down is the easy part but you have to consider the potential need to climb back out. Good luck!
❤Thanks for the wonderful video, and a huge thanks for not ruining it with crappy background music. I don't know why some people feel compelled to add annoying background music throughout their videos.
My videos are bare bones with no fancy edits or music. If I had to spend a bunch of time making them polished I probably wouldn't do them at all. Thanks for watching!
Thank you good information to add to my arsenal of youtube climbing Videos im years out of the gym scene and just want back on the mountains so im brushing up on some technical stuff and just going for it once im comfortable... And this video has given my mind some ease when it comes to reppeling safely and how to incorporate the other devices. Thanks again
Ademas,NUNCA es conveniente superditar el nudo de bloqueo y el descendedor a un solo punto,es sabido por los que saben,que esto te limita el margen de maniobra y recursos.😅
You can get them in 28 to 32 inches in length if I remember correctly. The length depends on what kind of hitch you prefer but if you go with a 30 inch then you split the difference. Cheers
