Macrame Anchors Rig a high strength tie off so you can use the 2 ropes together or independently When everyone is down except for the last person it’s simple to convert the high strength tie off to a macrame Note how I’m alternating how I grab the rope with my right hand, under then over…
Jester; Twin Independent This is a twin independent version of jester rigging Both strands can be set to length independently The green rope is passed through the rappel ring from right to left Rappel strand is on the left brake strand is on the right Next add a carabiner as shown here The orange rope…
Leg Wrap Lockoff Every rapeller should learn the leg wrap lock off It’s independent of whatever repelling device you use and you can use it even when something is jammed in your rapelling device Clipping the rope into a carabiner on a gear loop only serves to keep gravity from unraveling the rope from your…
Self-Belay; Below Rappel Device One common form of self-belay when rappelling is to extend your rappelling device and rig a prusik on the brake strand below the device When you use your VT Prusik for this application there’s no reason to use a Valdetain Tresse Instead use the more common French Prusik When tying a…
Totem in Throttle Mode The 2 slots of the Totem were designed to be used with double ropes in stitch plate mode but people started noticing that you could use the totem as a lever to adjust friction thus the name throttle mode A student in one of our Totem workshops came up with a…
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