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Cody Bradford
United States
Приєднався 16 жов 2012
Climbing Education | Professional Guiding | Mountain Craft
AMGA certified Rock Guide
AMGA SPI Assistant Program Provider
AMGA certified Rock Guide
AMGA SPI Assistant Program Provider
Can You Rappel With an Ovo?
The Camp Ovo (also sold from Kong as the GiGi) is an excellent device for belaying two followers due the wide openings being optimal for 2, single rated ropes.
But can you rappel with it? If so, how? Find out!
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But can you rappel with it? If so, how? Find out!
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Do You Need To Buy Bail Gear?
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Climbing can already be expensive. So is it necessary to spend money on gear that is intended to be used only as a bail option? Find out! *Article - Be careful with quicklinks!: ua-cam.com/video/kx6I9Gl2flY/v-deo.html If you want to support me financially - Venmo: @thecodybradford Instagram: thecodybrad... Website: codybradford.com Articles on excellent climbing areas: 57hours.com...
Pack Out Your Poop!
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GUIDE THOUGHTS: 💩 . Yep... We all poop. And it's gotta go somewhere. . For a long time, heeding nature's call (IN NATURE!) was a profound act of primal bliss. Now however, there are simply too many of us enjoying public lands to poop anywhere and there is better technology! Not to mention; not all environments are created equal. . WAG (waste alleviation & gelling) bags should be a part of every...
How To Pack A Backpack For Cragging
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PACK A BACKPACK FOR CRAGGING: An organized pack is both more comfortable and balanced for the approach as well as less irritating when trying to locate that item you are looking for. This is how I prefer to pack my backpack for a day of cragging by packing items in the order I need them. . NOTE: I prefer bucket style packs (that you can throw things into while maintaining the ergonomic shape of...
Wind Slab Avalanche
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There are many types of avalanches. This was caused by the wind moving a lot of snow from a windward slope to a leeward slope, creating a deep, hard slab of snow about 3.5' deep. The weight of my body, from a safe location on top of the slope, was enough to crack the slab, shatter it to pieces and cause it to slide down the slope below. The slope was around 30 degrees, which is a critical angle...
Transition To Rappel with Half/Twin Ropes
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Half/Twin ropes make long, technical descents easier on many routes by allowing you to make full, 60M rappels and carry little extra weight while still giving you real ropes as options. Keeping them neat at a transition, however can be challenging. This method for preparing your rappel when the leader arrives to the anchor can help mitigate some frustrations and speed up the process. Instagram:...
Welcome!
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Hi everyone, welcome to my UA-cam channel. Here, I post longer, more "polished" content from other social networks, which you should also CHECK OUT: If you want to support me financially - Venmo: @thecodybradford Instagram: thecodybradford?hl=en Athlete Website: codybradford.com TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@thecodybradford?lang=en Articles on excellent climbing areas: 57hours.com/auth...
Uncoiling Your New Rope
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Many companies coil their ropes in loops with a machine. This process requires that the rope be uncoiled in the opposite direction that the factory coils were made, lest the new owner be burdened with frustrating pigtails for much of their rope's lifespan. This technique can help to make that process painless and quick!
The J Rig
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For rappel transitions where one may wish to "pre-rig", the J Rig provides the ability to rappel without pulling your partner off of the ledge.
HALBMASTWURF! (That's literally what HMS) stands for.
The rope is the weakest part of the system. Theres no redundancy in using one rope.
It's a nice idea and it works. I used it with my son a few times but the knot gets so loaded it is almost impossible for him to untie it...
Rest in peace
What if we didn’t have that long of a sling to make this extension? Genuinely asking, and considering picking one up before I climb this weekend?
You can always rap without an extension - having one just makes it more comfortable and gives you more room for a rappel backup
RIP Cody you will be missed.
Nice
This guy died too? Every climbing video I look up everyone is saying RIP to him. Hopefully it wasn’t from climbing. He seems like a great guy.
For caving I always use a rack, bit keep a secondary descender on my side. Typically a figure 8. Great content as always! Love the work you do.
This guy is such a natural teacher - I love his videos. I was very sad to hear of his death. He had a lot of light to share. I don't know the specifics of his situation but all I would say is we are all in this together and if a friend is struggling reach out to them and if you are struggling reach out to others for help. Mental health is a heavy burden and simply put when we are sick we are sick - many things can help get people out of that valley - medications, therapy, etc. but it can be very hard to reason when you are in the thick of things and your mind is unwell. I wish his family and friends the healing they will continually need and I am grateful to this excellent teacher and the positive impact his videos will continue to have on others.
eternal thanks Cody!
Italian hitch should be enough.
I heard you’re never supposed to tie a rope into your belay loop, better chance of it breaking under pressure. In this situation would this be okay??
Here you don't tie into your belay loop, you use an extra carabineer to attach it
miss you Cody
Dude that was awesome
A legend
Super useful! RIP.
I advice to use a personal safety system. A Quickdraw is a bit sketchy😅
Woah… your sound effects for your transitions were so familiar. Then it hit me! MedBridge. MedBridge Continuing Education Videos use the same sounds between chapters and quizzes. Though you use a longer version.
Does this only work if the system is unweighted? Cause if somebedy is on belay you could just hit the mule overhand knot that way you dont have to worry about using up material
Rest in peace Cody
Miss you brother. I hope you're up there climbing amazing peaks 🤙🏼
Can any of this be also used in climbing tree work ?
Munter? 🤘😆
We miss u brothet
man, this sucks. I didn't know Cody passed away. I have seen several of his videos in the past and always liked them. He seemed like such a decent guy. The world is worse off now.
My only jssue is lowering off a double overhand. I know its technically safe, but a figure 8 on a bight isnt all that difficult and a lot more "super extra safe" so why risk it?
Spent 4 years climbing and training weekly with SAR. In Yosemite the only time we saw a rope mess like the one you have going on there was when there were fatalities.
Dulfritz has entered the chat.
Munter Hitch for the win!
Just use a Munter
These came up on the random (tho I am a climber). Good info-bytes, a solid community resource.
I would never clip in to my quickdraws like that. Much better to clip into the ring of the Anchorage.
Those quick links are for rappel. Usually lowering on chains or quick links kinks your rope and adds extra wear to the metal we all share. Steel biners or mussy’s are recommended for lowering.
one problem with this is metal on metal on what should be the metal on rope only side of the quick draws, just do two indirects into the anchors and keep the rest the same. or something else, just dont put metal on the rope side of carabiner
Your concern is that attaching the “metal” side of a qd to the “rope” side of another qd would damage the rope carabiner such that your rope could get cut from the now damaged rope carabiner? That’s an awfully conservative assessment.
That doesn't make any sense to me. Someone lowering you would put twice the load on the anchor then you lowering yourself. Just a dumb tree guy here.... Can anyone explain why What he said is true?
how would this be any different than putting load on the top rope already set up?
@mesahusa If you weigh a hundred pounds and you are holding the other end of the rope, Then you're holding yourself up So there's only a hundred pounds on the Anchor. This will be very noticeable.If you try to pull yourself up you will notice you only need to pull fifty lbs But you have to pull two feet of rope to move one foot. If someone is holding you then they would have to apply a hundred pounds of force on the rope To hold you up. If they lower you They will have to let one foot of rope pass to lower you one foot. Sorry voice text driving
But rappelling is the most fun part of climbing! 🧗♂️
He really dead?
Bad for hardware, and the only reason the community has the luxury of this hardware is because someone who took the time to learn about safe practices installed this, so return the respect by pulling your rope and abseiling down and by using your own equipment to tope rope single pitches. The more you lower like this the more developers or stewards have to replace hardware and take risks so you can save 2 minutes and have a good outing.
Much love Cody❤️❤️ I'm sorry for your struggles, I feel your pain. Have fun climbing the walls that never end 🤙
RIP Cody 😢
You should always clip the bite if your life depends on it and you're on a multi pitch or something
RIP
RiP
Seeing this pop up has made me really sad. Rest in peace to this legend.
clip one side of an ikea bag onto the anchor and the other side to your harness and neatly put it inside, your welcome...
I miss your videos Cody... 😢
RIP Cody
Cant believe you're gone. Wish we had climbed together more.
You are missed Cody...