How to Rap in with a 200m Static on a Multipitch Climbing Project

[@bwg42]

I appreciate your emphasis on being courteous to other climbers in the area.

[@brentbclimbs]

Did I say it enough times? 😅 I mean it!!

[@michelemaio8399]

Premium class content. I like how organised and respectful you are

[@vanlifementor]

Great video thank you for spacing out all the tips across each pitch and not spewing it all at once. Also excellent camera work, kudos to your DP as well.

[@arielholtz]

Quality concise videos. Top rope solo has become so safe.

[@alexbaltrukovicz1124]

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience, Brent!

[@MISSYTHEPITSKY]

Awesome content thank u for helping us stay safe out there

[@zch5601]

Learning a lot from these videos - thanks for sharing this gold with us

[@eqqos]

Brent is the man!

[@prusiker]

Thanks Brent! Great content as always!!

[@JanSkodaFotograf]

Hi Brent, as a beginner climbing photographer I very appreciate your videos. Can you make video how to safely anchor static rope to anchor that is not on top of the route, what knots you use and maybe also how you and your cameraman works to get those good shots. Great content, thank you for your work.

[@mortenstabenau9177]

Great work explaining! I especially loved the trick the the Fifi hook, I have never seen that before. Where is that route? It looks amazing.

[@FeeblePenguin]

Looks like red rocks! Likely Fortress of Xanadu? There's not many other 13+ sandstone 200 m multis that fit the bill

[@YangiTheCat]

@@FeeblePenguin its in arizona somewhere

[@brentbclimbs]

@@FeeblePenguin It is Daedalus in Northern Arizona, a little backyard paradise!

[@joshwhite5988]

What is your prefered static rope?

[@wetl2628]

Use the alex honnold achor. Then you load both bolts instead of one bolt the way u do it. Takes one carabiner extra each anchor (can be a wire becaues its not a safety issue) just my thougts. Great info for the rest.

[@albinomattosfilho9394]

The question is if you have considered using the Buddy from DMM for top rope solo yet and also what is in the red bag on the back of your waist.....thank you man....big fan....

[@ninjafinity]

Whoah! That slipknot looks way easier to deal with when pumped than dumping cloves, but I’m so afraid I would mess it up.

[@brentbclimbs]

You can clip a free biner through the slip knot loop as a backup. The carabiner stays loose in the loop, but would act as a block if the loop started to slip through. It just takes an extra moment to one-handed remove that carabiner before pulling the slip knot free.

[@mcclunky3093]

Is this in Arizona somewhere?

[@MrAndypf]

Is the point of the loop before refixing so that you can climb the route multiple times leaving the rope in place? If you are just going to climb up to the top once and haul then it’s not necessary right? Just curious because it’s a lot of slack for a static line in case one of the bolts blew..? Thanks.

[@johnarinehart]

Great content! What place is this? Those towers are awesome

[@dawntreader7079]

so as a lifelong sailor and climber i have one major pet peeve. when handling a rope, or line on a boat, you STACK the rope, you do not "flake it". flaking rope is when you slowly let out line one wrist snap at a time. stacking rope means anyone can come along, look at the bitter end protruding from the bottom of the stack and the running end on top and know that the rope is going to run true.

[@_trbr]

You can have a stacked rope that looks like it would run true but wasn’t flaked correctly. I don’t know how it’d be possible to look at a pile of rope and know it’s stacked and does not need to be flaked. Even if the ends are where they should be. For you to know it’s correctly stacked and has been flaked nicely, wouldn’t you have to see that happen or re-flake?

[@brentbclimbs]

Good to know! I am a stickler for precision myself, but did not know this terminology difference

[@dboone2727]

What is the name of the route? Looks amazing!

[@thedanishvikingpilgrim5753]

Is that a figure eight and a butterfly you tied in with on the top anchor ?

[@samburgess3507]

Thanks Brent! What cord do you use with your connect adjust?

[@taylorevans1642]

Coming to ask this question

[@Minsksakroet]

It looks like an Edelrid Swift Protect Pro Dry 8.9 mm

[@paydenquinn1986]

It seems like you micro traxes feed smoothly once there is enough rope in the system below you, but are you manually feeding before that? Is there anyway to weight the rope comfortably on multi pitch?

[@bwg42]

I do essentially the exact same as he does, but to weight the rope I either make a small coil of rope, or use a big wall stuff sack and put my hiking shoes/water/some rope in it as a weight to make the system feed smoothly.

[@brentbclimbs]

This route maxes out my static length, so all of the hanging slack when setting off on the next pitch is minimal. For better feeding I'd leave more slack before refixing, creating a heavier droop of rope when you set off. Or, even making a small inline coil of extra rope at the bottom of the pitch for weight

[@paydenquinn1986]

@@brentbclimbs ahh that makes sense, also what thickness rope are you using?

[@aalove2010]

What static do you use at that length?

[@MISSYTHEPITSKY]

Hi brent top rope solo looks safer to me then having a belayer whats your opinion on this im new to climbing so please excuse my ignorance on this matter lolol i myself feel more confident in a pair of progress capturing devices then depending on another person

[@drewjarrell2667]

This is simply not true and will be problematic to your future of climbing (99% of climbing is with other people) Climbing with another person is definitely safer for numerous reasons. Top rope solo is safe if you do it correctly, but of course there are higher risks. It is not reccomended to learn to climb by yourself, and def not learn to climb solo by yourself.

[@MISSYTHEPITSKY]

Thank u for the that valuable information

[@catsaur]

What’s the length of your replacement dynamic rope on the connect adjust? Looking to replace mine with 8mm or so half rope.

[@JackMarshall-ro4qi]

Depends on your arm length and how big or small you want your knot to be. I would suggest approx 2 meters.

[@GLEN-ys7qt]

Not tied in at the very edge when rigging! MASSIVE FAIL!