Rigging for Caving - Overview and General Principles

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Caving Vlog #48
This is Part 1 of a series of videos on rigging in caves. This covers an overview on the types of anchors and general considerations when establishing an anchor.
Part 2 in the series is on the use of natural anchors: • Rigging for Caving - ...
Caves are delicate and potentially dangerous places. For more information on wild caving, vertical caving techniques, and cave survey, visit the National Speleological Society website:
caves.org
To find a local grotto (caving club) visit:
caves.org/committee/i-o/grott...
White Nose Syndrome (WNS) is a disease that is devastating to bats. To learn more about what you can do to help, along with information on how to properly decontaminate caving gear, visit:
caves.org/WNS/index.shtml
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Комментарии : 10

@andrewclark4781 6 лет назад

Great start for your new series. An informative and useful broad outline. Well done and Thank You. Looking forward to more.

@garybeasley4885 5 лет назад

Excellent video! Its good to see the technique evolving from the “On Rope” book to the modern day advances.

@dynamicconceptjb Год назад

Thanks for the great tips. Very useful for new cavers like me.

@ReaperGz 6 лет назад

Keep up the great work! I really enjoy videos! One thing is during a Trip Video could you try narrating it? Give us facts about the cave or the history about?

@gmancolo 3 года назад

Any specific recommendations for a caver's first static rope / general coil of rope, e.g. brand, diameter, length, dry/non, etc.? I'm thinking probably 11 mm, or maybe 10 mm. I don't know if there's a standard length in the coiled ropes that are carried slung over shoulders. For top rope anchors, I'm thinking buy a bundle and keep it all in a bag. Also, any preference for oval quick-links? I see Petzl has the Go, but suspect they're all basically commodity.

@pieterveenders9793 2 года назад

It depends on where you live and mostly do your caving. In some regions of the earth massive cave with huge vertical pits are common, in which case you'll be needing a much longer rope. However if you mostly go caving in a region where there aren't any large abseils or big vertical drops and will only encounter short abseils and traverses then you'll have to adapt your rope to that. I do all my caving in Belgium, where the caves are fairly small and except for one or two exceptions there are no large vertical pits/drops that need to be abseiled, hence I carry a 15 and 30 meter bundle of rope. But were I to do most of my caving in the Pyrenees mountains of France and Spain, where the caves are absolutely massive and where you have huge vertical pits and drop offs, I would be carrying around much longer bundles of rope in the range of 40-80 meters.

@Foxtrap731 Год назад

You can get any length of rope you want. It comes off a spool and is sold by the foot. For caving I would recommend a 9-10 mm static kern mantle rope. For pits like in TAG you need ‘pit rope’ and a rack. 500 foot drops are no joke! So, know your cave. Know your abilities. When you know those you will know what length to buy. Anything over 150 feet or so gets heavy. Black Diamond and blue water are good brands. I would go with a major retailer like REI to buy it, or a reputable online specialty company, but stay away from Amazon and wal mart. I would take your gear and practice on boulders or low drops. Learn your knots, learn your gear, and practice ascending before you do a pit. Also, figure out your anchor system before you go caving. Unless you’re not familiar with the cave. Webbing? Knots? Steel quick link? Also check out hownot2. They break climbing gear and can help you understand the forces at work.