Can you prusik double ropes?

[@HowNOT2]

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[@Troggination]

why was that video on the clips channel? I thought that one was very cool and interesting, and somewhat different

[@Th3Psych0hippy]

I've always used a Prusik on two strands below my repel device when repelling. So this was pretty cool to see.

[@Govanification]

In that case, the prusik is basically only ever going to hold enough force to keep the brake strand in position, which would be much less than 1kN.

[@Mike-oz4cv]

@@Govanification This. Unless your rapel/belay device is suffering catastrophic failure.

[@mono_monares]

Its just a backup❤ its good protocol

[@pascaljutras178]

@@Mike-oz4cv prussik is good normally for failure but not if you secure only one rope in the ATC on a double rope rappel, I used to test it on ground and the prussik was grabbing only the secured rope and the free rope was going up while simply walking back, would have been a big crazy fall. We must always test the system on top and not thinking everything will be ok cause we use a prussik.

[@Mike-oz4cv]

@@pascaljutras178 Just thinking about unlikely scenarios here. For example the ATC carabiner accidentally opening and unclipping itself. In that case it’s nice to know that a prusik is plenty good enough to hold you.

[@ralphmunn1685]

This channel has some of the most absolutely useful and IMPORTANT information I've found online. As a climber for over fifty years and instructor for more than forty, I'm delighted to still be learning from you guys! 🙏

[@Sp1der44]

I'm just into rigging and find this channel to be the best at examining this subject too. 👍

[@lilakfir8060]

Footlocking a doubled rope with a prusik or klemheist has long been a standard method for arborists ascending trees. It’s fascinating to see these systems tested

[@SLOCLMBR]

For a long time!

[@smallcoppercoins01]

Not like this - what arborists called 'double rope' (now 'moving rope system') is a rope fixed to their harness, over a branch, back to their harness. One end is fixed to their harness and one end is prussiked to their harness. The prussik sits on one leg of rope.

[@jonathanspafford7181]

@@smallcoppercoins01no they are correct brother, a foot lock line is a static double line, different than moving rope system. old technique you should check it out online , super cool. need a very long prusik which is called a foot locking prusik

[@robwilcher4644]

I'm a mountain climber and arborist, Ryan and Bobby thank you for answering every question I have ever had about gear's ability and many more I could never have thought of. In all my experience it's the pink naked upright walking monkey dangling from the gear thats ALWAYS the weak link! Yes even me! If there is enough interest from the community I should like to volunteer to be tested on the slack snap machine. lol Please carry on break-in gear fear

[@daniel-wificidr]

Former rock climber turned firefighter. I love this and and the other rescue videos you have done!

[@ongridself-reliantfamily1751]

This result would indicate that the defining factor of a prusik is the ratio of the prusik cord diameter to the net diameter of the line it is attached to. In the case of the double rope, the effective diameter should be about 1.5 times the rope diameter, which would indicate a higher grip and less slip. Which is what you saw. A neat test would be to try a prusik on a thin rope (like 8.5mm), then double the thin cord, and then try a single larger rope (13mm) and see if the force to start slipping is the same.

[@dougking8178]

Enjoyed the content. Am a arborist and Firefighter and watch a lot of your stuff because eventually it crosses over and I find things that are applicable to our profession. Good stuff

[@mountainmandoug]

I really like this sort of content. The rope rescue world is full of practices that are based on tradition and we are not sure what they would actually fail at. 8mm prussiks on 11mm and 12.5mm ropes have been tested to death, and their behavior and peak forces are all over the map.

[@DRRRescue]

I’m happy to see this video Ryan. It’s common practice in Rope Rescue for a litter attendant to put a prusik around both main lines just above the yoke knot of the little bridle, and then have that be their primary attachment point to give a little extra space for litter attendant movement. The speculation was that it might not hold properly. This proves that holding power is not an issue. The only other concern is when using, a freestanding artificial high directional, like an Arizona Vortx in the easel leg configuration. If the rescuer has set that prusik two or 3 feet above the yoke knot, it can run into the high directional pulley and quickly change the force resultant creating an instability. It’s just a concern to watch out for and I think that this test shows that a single prusik works well attached to two main lines.

[@rogueorangeindustries187]

Awesome content. As an engineering student, I am always excited to see your videos and ponder why these results happen. Thanks for the videos.

[@dudewheresmyvacation]

Thanks for making this! I’m a firefighter and we were just talking about this very thing today, so it was great to have your testing to answer questions we had. More testing like this or more testing with fire/rescue service personnel and systems would be invaluable as we continue to evolve our training.

[@willardthegrey]

Definitely want more rescue gear content. Thank you so much for all you do.

[@nozemate]

As an arborist, I really love that !!!! Thanks

[@no1EvilMinion]

Thats some jolly good content right there

[@gabrielevangelista602]

I've ascended two strands wrapped with prussiks many times. I'd always assumed it would have more grip because of the larger combined ratio of rope to prussik. More surface area to grip at the least. Nice to know its super good enough :)

[@Reabies1]

Love these videos. I do rope rescue and confined space, and seeing how everything works and fails is allowing me to adapt to different methods and equipment I would have otherwise never considered.

[@kd5nrh]

The problem is that after you watch the Palikoa Pivot break half the gear he tried to break it with, you start wondering how to build a chain out of them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/omm5p3iNmamAq9U

[@edwinlikeshistractor8521]

As a retired?? climber, in other words the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, this fascinating. I used to sew my own gear and had a friend at GA TECH materials science lab who would test a sample for me but this way way better. Super good enough.

[@mikevansickle2735]

I love seeing the limits and modes of failure on the gear. Seeing what it takes to get gear to fail, and having realistic ideas about actual operational loads and forces is priceless! Love your work! Please keep it up!❤

[@noatomics8466]

Like it. Using prussics as backup for descending on double ropes. Until recently only 2 turns. Now I am using 3

[@topherbell5670]

I love the prusik. I was able to save a wire pull on a job site where the conduit was run to close to the ceiling. I made a prusik out of mule tape and several apprentices and I were able to finish the pull 3 feet at a time.

[@garysteen7834]

Love the videos as a saddle hunter I appreciate the variety of information you put out.

[@sargil100]

Awesome Just the type of KZbin I like

[@ohmygosch]

Awesome. So much value for rope users.

[@revrendtimtom]

Great video! I'd like to see the hollow block put through several rope configurations or different diameter accessory chords tested too

[@tomtom4405]

Very pleased it works to prusik on both because I've climbed up ropes like that and good to know I haven't died and didn't realise ;) Also I've used French prusik (auto block) above my descender (passing knots is easier that way, I know people will reply it is "wrong") on doubled ropes for retrievable abseil (rappel) and that grabs really well - better than on a single rope

[@jamesmihalcik1310]

Tom Tom, I've always done the same thing and its always worked great. I'm just some old guy in the mountains with minimal gear, double rope fits my needs often.

[@SandonClark]

Love it. Thanks for going the extra effort in testing.

[@anniedaynoww]

Loved this! You guys have such great set-ups for testing, I will always watch these videos.

[@1128Triton]

Manufacturers match the size of the prusik cordage to their ropes, those factors along with how the rope is constructed determine the performance of how the prusik will perform under a load. Prusik cordage diameter is a critical factor in the equation

[@davomoto42]

Yes! Lots more of this, please! As someone who works on a rope rescue team, this stuff is fascinating!

[@bobruddy]

love it

[@cagfd7]

Love it! Can’t believe it took me this long to find you!! Keep it coming!

[@tonysquires2068]

68,000 views in 10 months. Well on the way to 100k. Most excellent channel.

[@Howwhen_IQof9]

This is the kind of content I like as a patron!

[@streetwise4275]

Good job guys 💪🏼

[@juanmckelvey]

I like all of your content but I love the rescue content!

[@jorge.z.b]

As an engineer and climber this content is great!! I've always used a prusik under my rappel device and for emergency ascents on double ropes, so this is very interesting. It would also be helpful to see other autoblocking knots for comparison!

[@claytonromero13]

I was looking up this very thing the other day and didn’t get the warm and fuzzy from my research, but now I have the data to back it up!

[@danielferreirademoraes6605]

Great, a good information for climbing safety 🧗

[@deapthought1156]

Just leaving a comment to help with the algorithm. Thank Ryan for all you do.

[@kellerl622]

That is great stuff for SAR teams

[@leftcoastbeard]

TIL that prusik on two ropes ends up having more friction than a single. But I guess that makes sense in that two ropes will have more surface area than a single.

[@Se7nDust]

a very practical and awesome experiment 👍

[@dgoodman1484]

Love any testing 👍🏼👍🏼

[@jimmysdead1]

Great to see this test, thanks HowNOT2

[@testboga5991]

Just the video I need today. What a coincidence!

[@M1American]

I've had the question of prusik on single vs double rope for a while now. Been using it but good to see it pushed to the limits without people on the other end. Good video!

[@chadhanson3431]

Yes yes yes!! Want more of this.

[@BryanJen21]

Nice! Yes. As always, great stuff ryan. Keep pushing

[@lordaleksandre]

Sort of akin to using an undersized friction hitch for the rope diameter. Tree work is generally -3mm, ie use a 10mm hitch cord on a 13mm rope, 8mm on 11mm rope. This makes the rope effectively larger. I assume you can lock up these hitches to point where you can't loose them by hand. Cool video!

[@TheUncleRuckus]

Hell yeah I like it!! The way I see it is _Content is Content_ and I'm just happy to get it. 👍👍

[@kraftzion]

I used a prusik on a double rope as a safety line the last few days going up and down a 30 foot ladder trimming an oak tree. The prusik is about the same size rope as the safety line, only required 2 wraps of the prusik to have enough friction.

[@paulmorrey4298]

Thanks

[@tonyotago8309]

I Like this

[@ianmcmillan2340]

This is what I come to this channel for! I love the nerdy stuff.

[@MrMetz79]

Loving it. Thanks for all the knowledge.

[@marcondespaulo]

I did some spelunking with prussiks because I didn't have more appropriate ascenders. Perhaps a bit more muddy than the rope in this test, but worked. IIRC, 6mm cord on 11mm rope. Prussiks are taught as self rescue or backup methods.

[@jennywhite1425]

Very helpful content Ryan! I use 8mm prusiks on 11mm and 13mm rope in DMDB and TTRS systems - good to know the options and capabilities 👍

[@ZaiLafone]

Fantastic content! I really appreciate these kinds of videos, as they are very relevant to my climbing practices. Thanks!

[@mowgliadventuresnet303]

Awesome learning new stuff about two rope repel. Thx

[@farmlife09]

I love the content focused on fire and rescue.

[@benjaminbordson7502]

Appreciate the content 🤙

[@collinsmith9941]

That’s a great shirt idea, if not already in play. Heart beat of a Prusik

[@hjeffcoat42]

Love this kinda stuff!

[@liam_hurlburt]

definitely interested in videos like this. I always thought from personal experience ascending ropes with prusik knots that 2 ropes would have better grab than 1 so it's good to see that confirmed

[@danielwendell542]

This was great, thanks

[@thehammerofben5603]

I would love to see more rescue stuff. Maybe breaking rescue pullyes or figure 8s or even full z rigs. I got into climbing through firefighting and the military and would love to see that stuff. A swiss seat would be cool too

[@JasonMinahan]

I’m surprised that you were surprised! From your video on the VT prison and other friction knots I vaguely recalled that the ratio of rope to rope determined grippiness. E.g. 8mm Prusic won’t grab on 9mm half rope. But fat dual 13s it would grab really hard. And did.

[@alexstarr1589]

It's good to see that this works OK, since I definitely used it before in a pinch to ascend a doubled rope to rig/derig some circus aerial apparatuses on a portable rig when I didn't have a ladder handy!

[@chrisraatz8000]

I had this exact question when using a prussik as a third hand on a two rope rappel

[@kanehelgren5618]

Great video!

[@gavincfc]

Would like to see other versions of the prusik. VT, french, autoblock etc.

[@harlanstockman5703]

I often use prusiks on double ropes. Well, i use schwabisch knots. The capability of double ropes is why i often use friction knots instead of mechanical ascenders. If you get your ropes stuck on the pull after a rap, you want to grab both ropes on the ascent. Only a few mechanical rope clamps will do that. EDIT 3 days later: lest I forget, I really, really appreciate you doing this stuff... so I don't have to worry as much. And you are funny.

[@JasonMinahan]

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[@recklessroges]

This is why testing is so important. Even with decades of rope experience I was sure that the prusik would grab tighter on a single strand than a double. Thank you HowNOT2. Can you compare the larks head to the prusik to the prusik^3 to the prusik^4 please (i.e. how each additional or fewer wraps changes the grip.)

[@brandondone2888]

Liked it. Great video!

[@Sp1der44]

A fascinating examination of this knots characteristics under load. It fails very gracefully all things considered on a single line with the slipping. It's wild how it got hot enough to start melting like that! Great video! Can you do one for the trumpet knot? (Designed to tie out a bad or worn section in a rope without cutting it.) I know that isn't really a climbing knot per se but it is kind of unusual and maybe interesting to see like this. Great stuff. 👍

[@MrMetz79]

Loved it

[@JD-mn8cx]

Thank you so much for the work you are doing! I appreciate the videos on knots , their strength, and the way they fail! Please test and review the JRB ascender hitch !

[@wileycoyote556]

Today I asked Google if friction hitches on double ropes were effective, and it turns out you posted a video about it 2 weeks ago! I actually rigged up a little test of my own before looking online, but it always feels better to see the numbers.

[@jeremyschuster4663]

Love this I find it crazy that they use it for 10 plus years I'm on sar in Alberta Canada and we have to retire after 5 if it's been used and it has a ten year shelf life if never used but crazy how's much force it still takes

[@Knot-orious]

"That's the heartbeat of a prusik!" Ha! Ryan's got jokes! =-D

[@WetDoggo]

After glaising, how much do ropes still hold?

[@bend1483]

I like this content!

[@elthammob]

Looking at the behaviour of the prusik on the doubled rope, physically it looks like the paired rope is squashed to be virtually a single larger diameter rope - changing the prusik cord diameter to host rope diameter ratio. It would be interesting to see if you get the same result with the same size prusik cord on a larger diameter rope.

[@namelastname2449]

I’ve always done that!!

[@leonjohansen1818]

This is good stuff, not everything is about the breaking point, it's about the failure point, and those two things aren't always the same.

[@matthewgough9533]

The talk about the basket and the train sounded new, I haven't heard those terms before. If it isn't a series of rappelers coming down one after another, then I don't know what it is. I learn an awful lot on this channel beyond what my outdoor recreation degree taught me.

[@andrewcollins6701]

In the fire service, a medical patient is strapped into a "basket" in rope rescue situations to pull them out of a bad spot, and put them in a vehicle. Depending on the situation, firefighters can clip into the basket, maybe that's what he means by train

[@pyrolisys2934]

He was talking about terrain. When using a basket to evac a pt the rescuer has to keep the basket away from the rock face. The basket will some time catch and then the system goes from moving to static rapidly increasing the forces on it. Usually you would use your feet ant legs to push away from the rock. The basket and rescuer is lifted with a mechanical advantage system in the rope. The prussik is used as a grab to connect the MA to the ropes.

[@andrewcollins6701]

I think the train is actually the team of people pulling the rope, from up near the anchor

[@kevinorr6880]

Very interesting

[@meganw6007]

To his point around 7:45 about the diameter of the host rope vs the Prusik, I'm curious to see, charted over coming months or trials, RATIOS of host:Prusik (or Pusik:host) and thus e.g. which ratio grips and holds the best, versus which ratios (differences in host diameter vs Prusik diameter) slip the most, to find what the IDEAL ratio of diameters would be And then, further, similarly, comparisons across materials or brands; which grip vs slip

[@Zogg1281]

I used to work at an outdoor centre where we used steel eye carabiners to clip into harnesses. To start with we used rethreaded figure 8's to tie into the eye carabiners but we eventually switched to using Bowline on a bight (we used s stopper knot on the tail for both knots). I'm trying to remember why we did this and thinking that the Bowline on a bight might have been stronger, but I can't find the breaking stats for the bowline on a bight in climbing rope. Would you be able to do an episode for figure 8 vs Bowline on a bight, please? Thanks 😊👍

[@kavemanthewoodbutcher]

Looking forward for you to test a Blake's Hitch. I'd really like to see that, since I've been counting on it for years lol.

[@matthewnguyen7070]

Very helpful video, please make more friction hitch testing, maybe autoblock or Klemheist?

[@prohumanityperspective]

Makes sense , more surface and more grip , just like adding a prusik to large diameter rope

[@maltekoch1632]

We got a tubular sling prusik slipping on a rope while tensoning. After sliding over a meter the sling was in parts melted and some sling resedue melted to the rope.

[@marcf8492]

I would love to see prussiks of different material or other hitches. Great videos!

[@dabj9546]

Throw a rope over a tree and prusik up. Easiest way to get up there. Also I learned that the prusik grabs better the bigger the difference in diameter between the sling and the main rope is so that's probably why double rope grabs better.

[@BurchellAtTheWharf]

Now that's some results 8:34

[@meganw6007]

Wow!! Dang! 19 kN is pretty wild for the double. That's pretty crazy, the "heartbeat" at 9 kN for the single

[@adamreynolds3863]

Like it!

[@moma4056]

Thank you for sharing your great experiment. I would like to see if the prusik would still work if one of the two ropes breaks.