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So helpful

... where does one start with this one? You could hold a master class on what not to do with all the things in here. Let's just appreciate that there was at least (only) one helmet involved and people tied into the system and did use a dynamic rope. And no one panicked and went over the edge...

Everything

The twohandclip

Not the best use of a gri gri but if needed take it easy, it gets hot and I have seen one melt the sheath

I use 1 and 6

Don’t toss them, you could hit someone below you.

I see a locker used for the carabiner holding the bowline. Is this better than a non locker? If so, then you are sacrificing a locker compared to say a equalized/equalette anchor.

The good old Piton brake bar is how I learnt abseiling back in 1978 LOL and then used this method for canyons (only on short free hanging pitches) or on long non free hanging pitches up until about 1981 when figure 8's became more popular in Australia. Of course we only used racks for really big descents over 50m carrying packs or haul bags. It is def a technique (piton brake bar) all climbers and mountaineers should know about and the various modifications of such. One should remember that most krabs these days are not super strong across the gate and loading up a krab in this way for the piton brake bar is better done using a heavy duty steel or alloy krab where the cross gate strength is like anywhere from 11KN to 15KN and not like lower than 9KN or so. However, of course most climbers are not going to be carrying heavy steel screw gates with them, even if you have a piton, probably better to use crossed krabs that is unless one has run out of krabs LOL. In fact it's important to know all of these techniques you show and I would go as far as saying mandatory for climbing, caving, canyoning etc. just in case. Great video! You got another subber.

Excellent video. Thank you!

That’s like the guys who leave big open holes on the lake after ice fishing without closing it up using the slug of ice produced. Whoever left that like that should have a stern talking to.

Get new friends

Literally everything is the exact same

What did it be more practical to use one because then you have to make sure that both your hands are on both of the handles and it’s slower

What did it be more practical to use one because then you have to make sure that both your hands are on both of the handles and it’s slower

The best

Why don’t it have chains ⛓️

Any idea how to cure "disco clip"? Fumble, fumble, fumble...whipper...

First would be your haircut.

Hi . Devices with teeth is not advice by petzl and other brand ?

U cheekie fukker! brilliant!! that would have gifted me 15mins extra daylight at Avon about a month back...

can you time stretch the original vid so comments can be referenced per second playback not per µs. somuch fuukkuup in such a condensed time span!

potentially referred to as a "shortener" in UK lifting operations. but is the Belgian knot actually a hitch?

Karsten, do you have any videos about that vertical chain anchor to the right? They’re rare where I’m at but would like to hear more about them.

Great video!!!

That was perfect!! Thank you

The only thing safer than 2x GriGris are 4x GriGris. (Please internet, let this be a thing)

2 and 7 are teached at my gym so that

Their anchor and rappel point do not line up. Could have used a redirection on the rappel? Or moved over to line up. Also the edge attendant’s tether was either not shortened or the capture device was not rigged correctly and checked for function. People near the edge who do not have to be.

_“But did you die?” - Mr Chow_

I use 1 whenever im able to

Looks good to me! No comment :-)

That is very clever method. 👍

Superb!

Great explanation. 👍

Hard no on #6

Great video. It seems just as easy to tie a normal master point and put a small non-locker inside the overhand knot to make it easy to untie. I've seen many guides use this trick and have used it myself, but I am curious if anyone has ever strength-tested this method.

What kind of sorcery is this…?

Great technique. 😀

Can we please just stop using take as a command for tensioning the rope? Take and slack sound dangerously similar. Calling "tension" is much less likely to be confusing.

This may have also already have been mentioned previously in the many, many comments, but when I did my SPI we learned a couple of additional ways to deal with an injured climber after setting up the tandem descent. Either, position them in a side saddle fashion cradled in your lap, or behind you piggyback style.

Also... In the instance where there is slack in the system, would it be better to attach the GriGri above the ballet device?

Would it be a better practice to tie that backup knot as close to the bottom of the device as possible? A fall of even a few feet could be injurious, and, in the case of a novice climber, more than a little disconcerting.

Hi! Question, if you are still reading the comments: why do you use a clove hitch instead of just hooking the end of the sling on the carabiner? Or if the sling is too long, just tie an overhand knot and hook that.

Excellent explanation I kept getting confused with the part about the slip knot only capturing the lid strand versus capturing both until I saw this video

This is the best video on YT for the CT hitch, thank you

You should test a carabiner with a round stock so you can determine if it's the shape of the rod. I think it could be the small size and curve of the ring causing it to slip so low.

I find this really helpful because I’ve never preferred girth hitching the connect adjust to my belay loop but it also cinches very tight and is uncomfortable girth hitched through the hard points of your harness. While you lose a bit of length, this is a great solution to that issue. Thanks for sharing!!

I want to know what happened to the technique where one simply made the twist and inserted their locking krab or two opposing snap links? I mean for a rock to fall and cut the sling -if this was suspected then I'm going to build in more redundancy if possible. By simply making the usual twist and using the screw gate (yes i may have to leave it) but if the load for some reason ie the body has to move due also to a rock fall, then if the anchors are not equi spaced as you show in the ideal setup, then the loads will shift unevenly using the girth hitch method i believe.