Sea-cliff climbing essentials 3: Abseil, retreat and escape

[@tm-worldwide]

Yes! teamBMC - one of the only videos I've ever seen online where appropriate edge protection is being used... I am regularly on the cliffs in Swanage and you never see anyone with edge pro EVER! Madness not to.

[@richedwards4590]

Great video, beautifully filmed. Some big waves that day.

[@bennevis6843]

The editing in this clip is outstanding

[@JuanGarcia-ej8hc]

I'm very interested in knowing how you did your natural anchoring system, rope protection and knots for repelling, if you could make a video on that, I would be very appreciative.

[@R3g_97]

When retreating, would you again use a prusik in case your two anchors at the top failed, resulting in just falling to the piece of gear below you?

[@professorsogol5824]

At 5:18, are those Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus)?

[@GavinW1997]

Yes

[@scimitar123]

Is that a bowline with a stopper on the static rope? I can't quite make out how it's rigged. The 2 fig 8 on the bite presumably are just to shorten the rope?

[@ernesto2315]

Great video, as usual. Thanks for uploading. What about using a second french prusik instead of a rolling clove hitch to climb up the escape rope? thank you.

[@dukeofnuke2446]

Or you could make thing way easier and just take an ascender with you xD

[@shotinthewild]

A prusik is not reliable enough to use as a backup knot. You should use a clove hitch.

[@nosiestaguiding]

shotinthewild they make tiny devices like the tibloc and the micro traction just for this type of situation.... Prussiks work but there is better....

[@ThomasColesAlex]

@@nosiestaguiding Both the Tibloc and Micro traction are camming devices, and should also be backed up. They can fail in various situations - e.g. wet and iced ropes. They also damage the rope. Similar issues with approaches using Grigris or ascenders.

[@nosiestaguiding]

Thomas Coles rubbish

[@jamesdunn7526]

So is that gear, the nut and sling, that was placed at the top of the climb just lost now?

[@MountainHermits]

Yes until you can either come back and climb it before someone else does or find an alternative abseil to get down and retrieve it but then you'll still need the energy to ascend after retrieval

[@peterreynolds7693]

Very interesting. I see from my 50+ year old diaries that when I did it it was drizzling, and I doubt we left an abseil rope - needed it to climb with.. Cams and chalk not yet devised, but the gear we had was amazing compared with what was used when the route was put up in 1948. Equivalent to what grade today?