How to coil a climbing rope like a pro

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The High Ground

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@Miko-USvet 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video with a clear, concise explanation for very easy and effective way to coil rope. Thank you for posting!

@TakeTheHighground 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@mcrow312166 Жыл бұрын

I like when you pointed out that you can leave half the rope around your shoulders and start again. My rope is longer and thicker and by the time I get over half way it's become very difficult to keep wrapping it around my shoulders. Thanks.

@zzichzelf 2 жыл бұрын

I developed this system in 1980 and I explained it in 1981 to 2 professional mountain guides in Austria as a combination of the German and French systems that were common in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.

@TakeTheHighground 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool, I wasn’t even born back then. It seems your method even spread into the current mountain guide practice!

@craigbryant261 2 жыл бұрын

This is better than my method, I will start using this from now on, thanks.

@TakeTheHighground 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Craig, I’m glad you like it!

@tanguerochas Жыл бұрын

This has also been called rabbit ears or elephant ears or butterfly coils. This is the first time I've seen it over the neck rather than one hand, though. Nice video. Thank you.

@TakeTheHighground Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Intermernet 2 жыл бұрын

I don't use this method, but it's not a bad one. The only thing I can suggest is that the end that you start with should be slightly longer than subsequent coils. This minimises the chance that the end will go through one or more of the coils and creating knots when you uncoil it. Something many people don't know, although it's actually fairly obvious, is that knots can only form when and end passes through a loop. If you keep the ends away from the coils, everything can be uncoiled easily.

@dfed7673 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, buddy! Great technique, I'll try it this weekend.

@TakeTheHighground 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect, let me know how it worked!

@gunterbecker8528 Жыл бұрын

Excellent ❤

@eluno151 2 жыл бұрын

Very well explained, thank you very much!

@CellaDorrn 2 жыл бұрын

.. one thing… i don‘t use that much rotations.. 3-5 wraps is fine and you can add a loop to clip in.. but nice vid.. Had to do this exactly the same in the edelrid factory ^^

@TakeTheHighground 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, the number of wraps is entirely optional. I’d also say that 3-5 is generally a good number. The one I used in the video is a 40m rope, and with my arm length, it always has a weird amount of rope left. Another loop over the shoulders, and I’m generally too short, and like this, I’m usually doing a few more wraps because I have rope left 😅

@TheRockKrazy 2 жыл бұрын

One thing to consider when coiling the rope is how easy is it to uncoil the rope especially in an emergency/rescue situation where every second is important I wouldn't want to spend time in removing so many rounds. I do between 3 to 5 rounds. Putting more rounds to tie the end doesn't mean it's more secure or less rounds mean less secure. Otherwise this is a good video.

@TakeTheHighground 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you and yes, this is an absolutely valid point, if I’d need the rope very quickly, then I’d also make just a fee loops around. Best Fabio