Complete Guide to Carabiners

Complete Guide to Carabiners Excellent and detailed Class on Carabiners. You will learn why there are so many different Shapes / Sizes & Styles of…

Natural Anchor Bag

Natural Anchor Bag The Natural Anchor Bag is a fantastic example of a simple and efficient expedition technique. The idea is to pack your anchor…

Sling and Lanyard Basics

Sling and Lanyard Basics From the Hard is Easy YouTube channel. A good primer on slings and lanyards, including material considerations. Presented from a climber’s…

Crab Claw Via Ferrata Lanyard

Crab Claw Via Ferrata Lanyard I found this video on YouTube providing instructions for tying a crab claw lanyard. Nothing wrong with it in the…

Gear Museums

Historical Hardware Carabiner rappels, carabiners with brake bars, hooks, horns, plates, tubes, figure eights, eights with ears, complex eights, spools, bobbins, and so much more. …

Safety Eight – Ocho Imperdible

Safety Eight – Ocho Imperdible Diego is narrating in Spanish, but the demo is easy to follow even without audio. He is rigging a standard…

VT Instructions

VT Prusik Instructions Designed by Rich Carlson and manufactured by BlueWater Ropes, the VT Prusik features a super tough, heat resistant Technora aramid sheath over…

Totem Instructions

Instructions for Rigging the Totem The original Totem is the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of rigging devices. Deceptively simple looking, the Totem is remarkably versatile. Use…