Tag Archives: Rappelling

Knot of the Week: Hasty Webbing Harness

This week’s Knot of the Week features two different ways to tie a hasty webbing harness that can be used… View Article

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Knot of the Week: Swiss Seat

We return to our regularly scheduled Knot of the Week today with the Swiss Seat.  The Swiss Seat is also… 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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