Abseiling past a knot.

Showing how to abseil past a knot that was unplanned. For example you spot a damaged section of rope but need to get past it.

[@charanvantijn541]

I love the joy you put into the video's.

[@kevinw1129]

Great video!

[@MattyDredge]

Great video. Obviously in this application you are only abseiling off a single rope but in a standard retrievable abseil where you are going down two strands you need to tie and attach yourself to a catastrophe knot on both strands or it would be ineffective if something goes wrong as you would fall on to only one strand and it would just retrieve your abseil for you while you fall to the ground.

[@ArielRaskin]

great video, thank you

[@jeremyballard7461]

Another really useful set of clear instructions. 😊👍🏻

[@jimcross730]

Awesome stuff. I was going to ask for that video but you beat me to it. Again its clear, precise and intuitive. Keep them coming. P.s. helluva back garden youve got 😀

[@LeadingEdgeMountain]

A jungle Jim, definitely a jungle 🐍🦧🐘. Hubby is after some climbing holds for the rock wall now, we are getting desperate! 🤣

[@jimcross730]

I know the feeling. Got some holds in the garage but its not the same. Looking forward to getting out and practicing this.

[@MilestoneOutdoors]

Really enjoying the videos. They are so clear that even I can understand them.😅 honestly great work and really engaging, thanks😁

[@LeadingEdgeMountain]

Thanks very much. Really pleased they are proving useful! Will keep trying to put content out there. Feel free to ask for specifics😃👍

[@doughobbs7706]

Great video Sam thanks. Why did you choose to use an over hand knot to isolate the bad rope and not an alpine butterfly? This would mean you don't need to worry about the danger of the knot rolling and it's loadable on the lower leg. If your isolating overhand knot did manage to roll down and onto the bad section of rope there could be a danger there?

[@LeadingEdgeMountain]

Doug Hobbs thanks for the comment, it’s a really good point and you are quite correct, alpine butterfly would work v well here too. The main reason for the over hand is it is simpler to tie. It is standard practise for joining two ropes for abseiling throughout the instructional climbing industry (uk). Like all knots it needs to be dressed correctly, if this is done it does work well in this situation. But so would a alpine butterfly, (just make sure that as with the overhand) it has a big enough ‘head’. 🤗 It would be v appropriate to use the alpine butterfly here as well, as long as your confident and practised in tying it. If you were abseiling in steep or overhanging ground and had to do this for real it wouldn’t matter which one you tied as long as it was tied right! Always a variety of ways to tackle and solve these sort of problems, as long as the solution is safe, appropriate and efficient then crack on🤗.

[@LeadingEdgeMountain]

Doug Hobbs have replied to your comment publicly Doug as another person had asked too. It’s totally appropriate to use a alpine butterfly here as well. But have a quick read of my reply to explain why we have used the overhand in the video. 🤗

[@michaelgraham6829]

Great video! Very clear instructions. :-)

[@LeadingEdgeMountain]

Thanks very much Mike. Hope you never have to put it into practise for real😳.

[@michaelgraham6829]

Fingers crossed! 😬