Tag Archives: Carabiner

How to Tie the Figure Eight On a Bight for a DIY Knot Board Display

The Figure Eight knot is a favorite of climbers everywhere. This week we’re demonstrating both the Figure Eight on a… View Article

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How to Tie a Crab Claw Via Ferrata Lanyard – ITS Knot of the Week HD

A via ferrata is a protected climbing route and usually involves fixed anchor points and steel cable. On this Knot… View Article

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Urban Rappelling Equipment and Considerations

Rappelling is an often under-appreciated skill for use in an emergency situation and one that could potentially save your life… View Article

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How To Setup an Urban Rappel and Emergency Rappelling Techniques

Rappelling is an often under appreciated skill for use in an emergency situation and one that could potentially save your… View Article

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Rigging to Rappel: A Basic Guide

Rigging to rappel is an often undervalued skill. It is certainly a necessary part of rappelling, but most people I… View Article

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Types of Carabiners and What kN Ratings Mean

Today we offer a post to try to clear up some of the confusion surrounding carabiners, and what that kN… View Article

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Learn How to Ascend: Part 3, Ascent

Today we wrap up the last installment of our “Learn How to Ascend” series, with the ascent. If you’ve just… View Article

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Learn How to Ascend: Part 2, Setup

In this article we’ll be putting everything together and show how to connect the ascender setup to the rope. Ascending… View Article

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Learn How to Ascend: Part 1, Equipment

Now that we’ve covered getting down a rock face in our “How to Rappel” series, we’ll look at how to… View Article

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Fastest 100m Abseil/Rappel

We stumbled on a YouTube video not too long ago by Guinness World Records showing the fastest 100m Abseil (or… View Article

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