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Guided Learning
2Videos
20- Anchor Loading
- Anchors: Equalized vs Focused
- Canyon Cordelette
- Clipping Short
- Courtesy Rigging
- Deadman Anchors
- European Death Knot
- Gearing Up for Swiftwater
- It Depends
- Lifts & Shifts
- Munter-Mule-Overhand
- Overhand Knot
- Quick Links, Bolt Hangers, Bailout Rings
- Rigging Glue-In Bolts
- Safety Lines
- Single Point Anchors
- Static Blocks
- Static Twin Ropes
- Tail Up - Prepared for Rescue
- VT Prusik Video
Shorts
5RopeWork Essentials
4Accidents
8Canyoneering
7Gear
12KnotCraft
14- Canyon Cordelette
- European Death Knot
- Knots for Caving (and Canyoneering)
- Munter-Mule-Overhand
- Noeud Sanhneux
- Nudo Mariposa (Butterfly Knot)
- Overhand Knot
- Rethreaded Alpine Butterfly
- Scaffold Knot
- Single Point Anchors
- Tips on Tying the Valdotain Tresse
- VT Instructions
- VT Prusik Video
- Which bend for joining two ropes?
Forces-Friction
4Anchors & Rigging
24- Alpine Anchors - S.T.R.A.D.S.
- Anchor Loading
- Anchors: Equalized vs Focused
- Bolts - Clean Rigging
- Canyon Rope Systems
- CEM Releasable Knot
- Courtesy Rigging
- Deadman Anchors
- Jester; Twin Independent
- Macrame Anchors
- Munter-Mule-Overhand
- Noeud Sanhneux
- Overhand Knot
- Quick Links, Bolt Hangers, Bailout Rings
- Releasable Figure 8 Block
- Releasable Totem Block
- Rigging Anchors for Balanced Load
- Rigging Glue-In Bolts
- Safety Lines
- Single Point Anchors
- Static Blocks
- Static Twin Ropes
- Suspended Systems vs Blocks
- Tail Up - Prepared for Rescue
Techniques On Rope
10Rescue Systems
5Dedicated to Luca Chiarabini
When you meet somone who knew Luca, you meet someone who loved him. His personality was infectious. Luca was my student in 2002/2003. He later told me he was reorganizing his life so he could travel the world exploring canyons, and that he did. When I resigned from the American Canyoneering Association in 2016 it was Luca who inspired and supported me to start making instructional videos. It would not have been possible without him. Thank you, Luca. The canyoneering community misses you.
Additional support for my videos and other online learning resources is provided by Dean Kirchner, Shannon Long, Dig Wilson, Johnnie Yang and numerous other patrons.
Thank you all for the blessings.