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On Rope with CMFM
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First and foremost I am a cave surveyor and a vertical caving junkie. Any of the vertical ropework videos you see on this channel are based on SRT (Single Rope Technique) a method of vertical cave access fine tuned by Americans to explore the deep caves scattered all over the United States. We also call this Indestrucable Rope Technique due to the ropes we used made primarily by Pidgeon Mountain Industries (PMI). I also enjoy hiking, rappelling cliffs from time to time, and just all around exploring. Not every video may excite you, but the ones that do, I hope you enjoy. This is my story................
Pit dig, rig, and survey in Missouri
New Years Day 2025 pit survey in Missouri. We actually found this 7.5 years ago but never returned. When we came back we had to dig the pit open as it was buried under 2 ft of soil, rock and wood debris. Approximate 95ft deep in a ridge that consistently has caves go down 200ft. Cave continues past our end of survey. Stay tuned for more!
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Pushing Virgin Cave to a Breakout - Recap with Melissa Meyer in Berome
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Pushing Virgin Cave to a Breakout - Recap with Melissa Meyer in Berome
Rebelays in the TAG Shaft in Sistema Huautla, Mexico
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This is my first descent down the TAG shaft during the 2024 expedition to Systema Huautla in southern Mexico. Approximately 2 hours of calving at this point in 4 hours of rope work to go to get to Camp 2. #onrope #rappel #rappelling #cave #cavesurvey #climbing #mexico
Large Ozark cave survey with the Cave Research Foundation, Ozark Operations
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Cave survey trip to remap a long closed Ozark cave we gained permission to. Lots of trash was removed, graffiti documented and many short faced bear claw marks documented. And lots of mud.
Cave loaded with extinct Short Face Bear claw marks
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This was a cave I helped map in December 2022 which is loaded with prehistoric claw marks of the extinct Short Face Bear. Lots of discoveries in this monster.
Solo Rope Treadmill for SRT Climbing
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This this video shows how I set up a solo rope Walker treadmill for endurance training for long climbs such as Bridge day in West Virginia and El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. the Rope Walker was designed to quickly and efficiently climb out of the deep pits in the southeastern United States. It is popular with Cavers and allows for very quick rope accents. In this video I go through the s...
Passing Rebelays in Blackfathom River Cave
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Passing Rebelays in Blackfathom River Cave
New Years Day, Gegg Cave Survey, 2024. Part 2 of 2
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New Years Day, Gegg Cave Survey, 2024. Part 2 of 2
New Years Day, Gegg Cave Survey, 2024 Part 1 of 2
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New Years Day, Gegg Cave Survey, 2024 Part 1 of 2
Camp survey trip in Missouri's Carroll Cave. Downstream leads to the Lake Room
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Camp survey trip in Missouri's Carroll Cave. Downstream leads to the Lake Room
Pushing "low air" leads in Mammoth Cave National Park in Fritsch Avenue
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Pushing "low air" leads in Mammoth Cave National Park in Fritsch Avenue
Zombie mountain bike trail, Wildwood Missouri. 29" hardtail. lot of hill climbs and lots of rock.
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Zombie mountain bike trail, Wildwood Missouri. 29" hardtail. lot of hill climbs and lots of rock.
Flaming River Cave. Entrance to a long forgotten monster cave in Missouri.
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Flaming River Cave. Entrance to a long forgotten monster cave in Missouri.
Bolt climb to Virgin cave in Missouri's longest Cave.
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Bolt climb to Virgin cave in Missouri's longest Cave.
12 mile hike in Hawn State Park, Missouri. Training for Philmont NM with my son.
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12 mile hike in Hawn State Park, Missouri. Training for Philmont NM with my son.
Anxiety and claustrophobia inducing rappel in a extremely tight pit into Missouri's longest cave.
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Anxiety and claustrophobia inducing rappel in a extremely tight pit into Missouri's longest cave.
Cliff top at El Capitan, Yosemite National Park during Rappel and Climb week with a 3000' rope.
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Cliff top at El Capitan, Yosemite National Park during Rappel and Climb week with a 3000' rope.
2650 SRT (Single Rope Technique) climb of El Capitan's Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park
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2650 SRT (Single Rope Technique) climb of El Capitan's Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park
Carroll Cave Survey part 2/4. 42 hours under Missouri
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Carroll Cave Survey part 2/4. 42 hours under Missouri
Carroll Cave Survey part 3/4. 42 hours under Missouri
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Carroll Cave Survey part 3/4. 42 hours under Missouri
Carroll Cave Survey part 4/4. 42 hours under Missouri
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Carroll Cave Survey part 4/4. 42 hours under Missouri
Carroll Cave Survey part 1/4. 42 hours under Missouri.
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Carroll Cave Survey part 1/4. 42 hours under Missouri.
Blasting open a cave lead, make it go!!!
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Blasting open a cave lead, make it go!!!
Missouri’s longest cave maps time lapse
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Missouri’s longest cave maps time lapse
That looks like fun
Jfc. This mountain is huge as shit.
Neat
Imagine hip thrusting in double rope up…my 500’ of 5/8”s double braid riggin line weighs 80lbs. Wonder what round 5300’ would weigh..? I use a unicender
Imagine descending and seeing the rope is damaged and barely holding you just after it passed in front of your eyes.
"Im all by myself and nobody can share this experience" 😅😂 always exciting when you drop new content. What latex on the disto here?
A rubber. Lol
How to be a Scooper for Dummies By Isaac Smith (Self Proclaimed Professional Scooper) Rule # 21- Only speak of a significant breakout while exploring ahead alone. If nothing was discovered say nothing. This way in the event of a team member(s) not approving of your actions, they/them will have to realize the significance immediately and instead of ridiculing you for all of eternity, they will commend you and speak highly of your determination. Maybe even name the passage after you! Woohoo, awesome work, Melissa!!
Dude this made me laugh so hard. So you, so so you
Been there. I remember the size of DL-7 very well. I miss going into Carroll. We were the 2nd group of people to ever see the far upstream waterfall after following the single set of footprints.
Glad you enjoyed!!!
Awesome job super crawler Melissa! First time ever hearing you cuss, but totally understandable in this situation.
Guy on top: My phone is ringing, hang on a sec........ Guy on bottom: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'd really enjoy seeing the whole thing
Working on it. Be a long video. So much ropework in this cave.
The White man’s ingenuity is truly amazing.
I want the same thing
More shots please!
The old rebelay between the legs LOL
What rack are you using man?
8 inch mini rack. BMS
So how come so many rebelays? I'm gonna guess to speed up the team so you don't have to wait so long but I'm not really a vertical guy.
Safety mainly. It's 9mm rope. We don't want it rubbing on rock. It greatly speeds things up going in and coming out as you can have many people going down or coming up all at once as long as there are two rebelays between.
Dude I get nervous looking down from my tree stand... This is crazy.
Man became part of the cave
active camoflage
Every had your adrenaline pumping laying in bed watching youtube?
I think I’d actually rather sky dive, BASE jump, bungee jump than have to do this. Much respect! By the way what happens if that one skinny rope that your rappelling down on rips? No back up or nothing?
What a punk
Nope nope and nope!
That decive has to be smoldering hot after that, its probably got wear marks after all that
Nigga is you crazy?
Shout out to whoever made this rope!!!!
How do you get the rope back when you are done?
Card pulled....
That is over 800 meters of rope. Absolutely insane. Imagine just carry that thing up there.
Mules packed it in this time. Did this again this summer and the rope was pulled uo on a 5mm cord from the bottom.
I like your distoX yellow monopod. Is there a place I can buy one?
A buddy of mine makes them on his 3d printer. Do you have access to a printer? I'm sure he'd sell a couple if not. Let me know.
I only had a 1 day course in The Army, I always thought rappelling was bounding down. This looks like fun but it's in my hell nah bucket!
Only when you're on the wall would you be bouncing down. Can't do that when you're hanging free. Rappelling is simply descending a rope.
Why is this supposed to be interesting?
Way cool
Thanks Chad for the link
Any time!
Incredible. Thanks for sharing. That’s quite the discovery. Short faced bears are some true beasts
Is this an experience you can do on El Cap or what
This was at El Cap. Not sure what you mean.
No... It's not a pay to experience adventure. 🤷♂️
Che sgiai
Big ups sir Chadwick thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us!
Gear gets too hot to stop , it will melt the rope .
Thanks for sharing! I'm subscribing for more 💪🏻
Do you have a comfortable chest harness recommendation for long ascents? Great setup!
The ones I make are the most comfortable by far.
the fish eye makes it worse
Am I the only person amazed that he called himself a "pu$$y" as he steps off the cliff? Wanna see what badass him looks like lol.
I will never understand this. Who does this and why? 🤔
That’s a long ass rope
What controls the descent rate? I've done a little repelling years ago with a figure 8 descender in the military, but nothing close to this high.
The rappel rack is a variable friction device. Spread the bars. Less friction. Go fast. Push them together, add bars, mire friction, go slower.
How hot does the friction device get in a rap this long?
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Looks l8ke a Battlefield 2042 map. I'll stick to downhill mountain biking. The crashes don't hurt as much
just WOW