Tag Archives: Rappel

How to Tie the Prusik Loop for a DIY Knot Board Display

The Prusik Loop is not only a safety autoblock that could save your life while rappelling, but it’s also a great… View Article

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Rope DOPE – Gear Tasting Radio 93

We’re all about rope this week on Gear Tasting Radio. We discuss everything from the construction of different ropes, to… View Article

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Knot of the Week: Tying a Barrel Knot for Single Line Rappelling

In one of our more recent articles on setting up an urban rappel, we went over two methods for tying… 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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Emergency Rappelling with a 215 Gear Ultimate Rigger’s Belt

Something we’ve wanted to do for a long time is demonstrate that rappelling with a Rigger’s Belt CAN be done…. 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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