Aug 16, 2019 · Yesterday, I climbed with someone new and he was climbing really fast and I short-roped him and felt bad. When he kept trying to pull the rope ...

Jun 4, 2023 · The link says all this: One technique is to simply move toward the cliff. The other technique, for occasional and short-term use, requires ...

Sep 11, 2014 · This "loose-grip" slide is basically letting go off the brake side of the rope. If a fall was to happen at this point with a normal belay device ...

Aug 30, 2014 · 22 votes, 53 comments. Was climbing this evening at Smith Rock's Lower Gorge with one of the guys that put up MANY routes in the area.

May 24, 2022 · If I'm understanding it right, you'd fix a friction hitch onto the climbers end, attach a carabiner to the loop of the hitch, redirect the brake ...

Apr 5, 2016 · Attach the GriGri to the slightly weighted side of the rope and climb while periodically removing slack. For redundancy, tie and clip bites on ...

Nov 19, 2018 · I'm intrigued as to why this isn't a Reddit appropriate discussion? Isn't short-fixing climbing, and this is the climbing sub?

Sep 29, 2016 · Double strand rappels is the biggest downside in my opinion. It's the only reason I still carry an ATC on multipitch routes. I have yet to ...