Go rope soloing with a friend???

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 84

  • @YannCamusBlissClimbing
    @YannCamusBlissClimbing 3 місяці тому +76

    Great! Solid content you guys! I can't believe how LRS has evolved in the last 5 years! Thanks for mentioning me and Bliss Climbing online TRS and LRS courses! 😃

    • @thomascee
      @thomascee 3 місяці тому +5

      Been a long time subscriber to you my friend! Keep up the good work, and three cheers to your beautiful family 🙏🏽

    • @daanschone1548
      @daanschone1548 3 місяці тому +2

      You're one of the best sources, maybe the best.

    • @trout4bait549
      @trout4bait549 3 місяці тому +1

      Me, I can't believe how little roped soloing has evolved over the last 50 years! lol

  • @christineholmberg7431
    @christineholmberg7431 3 місяці тому +6

    What a perfect collab! Can't wait for the long TRS vid!!!

  • @beardedboulderer2609
    @beardedboulderer2609 3 місяці тому +17

    5:00 chalk bags are fairly life supporting in my experience, at least from a mental standpoint. If I lose my rope, it's a free solo. But if I lose my chalkbag, I lose my mind.

  • @BeauWilliams-Orser
    @BeauWilliams-Orser 3 місяці тому +16

    “Friends working on [the silent partner]”!!!

  • @lil_lynx5856
    @lil_lynx5856 3 місяці тому +7

    Oh next video is going to be good! Looking forward to more info on this topic!

  • @timonix2
    @timonix2 3 місяці тому +7

    oh my god. There has been so much truly sketch alternatives out on the web for lead rope solo. This is truly a blessing. I was taught LRS using a guide plate as part of a self/partner rescue course. with the caveat... Do not use for fun.

  • @simonvito3027
    @simonvito3027 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi Ryan and team. Thanks so much for the rope soloing info it's great to have such a good resource for this type of climbing.

  • @chatttenn4814
    @chatttenn4814 3 місяці тому +3

    Tandem top roof soloing is probably the most fun climbing I’ve done, because you both get the climb close to the same route and take different ways to get there then at night is fun too.

  • @olegvelichko1659
    @olegvelichko1659 3 місяці тому +4

    Looking forward to the next video!

  • @thomascee
    @thomascee 3 місяці тому +1

    THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT!
    Really looking forward to this! Love hearing experts who have thought it through to such depth like this 🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @norbert6966
    @norbert6966 2 місяці тому

    Great video and great collab as always. Would really be interested in hearing Brent’s thoughts on the El Mudo and would be even more interested in a breaktest to see what happens to the rope on hard fall.

  • @aalove2010
    @aalove2010 3 місяці тому

    I love Brent, thank you!

  • @ericlees314
    @ericlees314 3 місяці тому

    Thank you ❤😊 looking forward to follow ups 🙏

  • @danielcordero901
    @danielcordero901 3 місяці тому

    Looking forward on the top rope solo video... I've done a few times so I want to make sure my setup is correct. Keep up the good work!

  • @charlieg4113
    @charlieg4113 3 місяці тому

    This was a great teaser for content to come!

  • @Spacetrev
    @Spacetrev 3 місяці тому

    Been waiting on this! Hyped for the next videos about this!

  • @simonrobbins815
    @simonrobbins815 3 місяці тому

    I don't LRS (just occasional TRS) ever but some how can't get enough of this LRS content, thanks!

  • @hummerchine
    @hummerchine 3 місяці тому

    Super great video you guys!

  • @ShadowAviator
    @ShadowAviator 3 місяці тому

    I am excited for this! It is just too hard to find someone to climb with in my area. I like the solitude, as well.

  • @taylorevans1642
    @taylorevans1642 3 місяці тому

    I giggled at “there’s lots of shenanigans at play” while talking about the multipitch ff2. Isn’t every time we rope solo shenanigans? I love tinkering that’s why I love it

  • @souter224
    @souter224 3 місяці тому +14

    Wondering why the El Mudo 3.0 is never in these conversations when talking about lead solo.

    • @RickyHarline
      @RickyHarline 3 місяці тому +2

      Is all the time on the FB group. It's alright, works good, not too much to say

    • @souter224
      @souter224 3 місяці тому +4

      I think one bullet point would be that it is “currently” the only lead rope specific, non modified belay device and/or system that you can buy from a distributor/commerce.
      I figured that a device from the ground up that was engineered for lead soloing would be more present in these conversations.
      It just seems odd to me that an upside down Grigri (sometimes modified) is more common place. Or a device that you can’t get your hands on any gets more mention.
      I personally use the “el Mudo 3.0” and love it just wish it was in the conversation more often so we can all advance our knowledge with observations of other systems and over all knowledge of lead soloing.
      Full disclosure I don’t have any social media, so I am not aware of those discussions on FB.

    • @JohnShark-wt2re
      @JohnShark-wt2re 3 місяці тому +1

      @@souter224very same boat in all regards

    • @mathpotatostudios
      @mathpotatostudios 3 місяці тому +4

      I use this device. It's great and probably the safest LRS device ever made, but I can see the benefits of sacrificing 1% of safety for a less bulky setup. If I could climb 5.14 like Brent I probably wouldn't want to do it wearing a full strength chest harness with a large block of steel hanging from it. If I aid climbed I'd choose the El Mudo every time.

    • @souter224
      @souter224 3 місяці тому

      @@JohnShark-wt2re niche products for an niche practice

  • @jonathanandrade176
    @jonathanandrade176 3 місяці тому

    Ive only LRS soloed 3 or 4 times. I loved it I am self tought on trees in my back yard so im looking forward to these vids. And yann has been a big inpiration too. Just want to learn and practice more

  • @prusiker
    @prusiker 3 місяці тому

    Great! Thank you both

  • @RawSauce338
    @RawSauce338 3 місяці тому

    This really makes me want to up my climbing skills!

  • @heighRick
    @heighRick 3 місяці тому

    Thanks, helps a lot!

  • @Dan.Dan.42
    @Dan.Dan.42 3 місяці тому

    The phone leash is neat, I added a soft eye to my phone case and it's still holding on (from the how-not-to-sail episodes few years ago).
    The avant neck tether looks rad.

  • @mjb1022
    @mjb1022 3 місяці тому

    Great video

  • @matiascamprubi-soms7719
    @matiascamprubi-soms7719 3 місяці тому +2

    I am very curious what y'all think about the petzl zigzag. It is certainly bigger than a grigri, but it is fundamentally designed for top rope soloing in trees, so it feels in my mind like it should be equally user friendly on a cliff. Actually, the Akimbo, from rock exotica would probably be the most compact, though the zigzag offers a different way of using it that make for easier rope retrieval options. There is also the RE unicender and the Notch Rope Runner Pro.

    • @maxscott3349
      @maxscott3349 3 місяці тому +1

      The zigzag is an arborist tool, it's not designed to be shock loaded or used on dynamic rope

    • @matiascamprubi-soms7719
      @matiascamprubi-soms7719 3 місяці тому +1

      @@maxscott3349 it is absolutely designed for short falls on static rope. I have two, and have taken some decent falls on them in trees. They are beefy and slip at about 1/3 of their 25kn MBS. Several folks have broken ones that had been in full duty service for 5 years, and they break close to MBS. I wanna see some drop testing and see where it fails, but TRS with 11.5mm static rope seems super doable to me. It is specifically designed for self belay. And what about the ultra compact Akimbo?

  • @daanschone1548
    @daanschone1548 3 місяці тому

    Looking forward to the video's! Apart for fun, as an instructor I use TRS to climb along with my students. For instance on multipitch or trad courses.
    I get the Neox isn't good for LRS, but is it for TRS? I use a Taz Lov/trax combo myself and am quite happy with it, but the Neox would be more versatile and cheaper.

  • @Mathieu_Fresco
    @Mathieu_Fresco 3 місяці тому

    Please talk about the mudo3 setup in the LRS video, I think it is the safest and only engineered product out there specifically for LRS.

  • @stefanomorandi7150
    @stefanomorandi7150 3 місяці тому

    amazing video, can't wait for the in-depth next one... which id bet right now, its gonna be in the top3 views LRS video on youtube.
    i only dabbed in it, leadroped 3 routes (and toproped zero because basically no crag here can be accessed from the top) with the "calligaris method"... biggest danger i perceived was rope damage since after a fall it would keep rubbing the same spot on rocks until it gets unweighted... so keeping eye on that aspect was more concerning than the actual self belay system, which catched me on every test fall

  • @adamg6704
    @adamg6704 3 місяці тому

    Never heard of Brent before but good to know there is someone out there explaining these things other than sketch internet forums and groups

  • @MS-fg8qo
    @MS-fg8qo 3 місяці тому +1

    I tried Siebe's system and I don't think it is bad. It is easy to set up (way easier than yours) and feeds really well in a regular basic USD direction. I can climb one grade below my personal limit with it, which isn't bad. For sure, if you want to push grades, yours is the best by far but if you want to go and have fun occasionally, I think Siebe's system is really good.

  • @TheLandbruiser
    @TheLandbruiser 3 місяці тому

    Fall protection testing The Yoke 5T from mtc solutions would be great

  • @telkmx
    @telkmx 3 місяці тому

    finally ! dope stuff

  • @jonathanandrade176
    @jonathanandrade176 3 місяці тому

    Oh man can't wait to get into the weeds with these videos

  • @kulfonbustardo1588
    @kulfonbustardo1588 3 місяці тому

    Holly crap so excited for all this rope soloing stuff my girlfriends super jelous but also refuseing to learn to climb so since weve been together i havent been able to climb at all nearly 2 years but with this i can now just climb alone 🎉😊 and not get into trouble talking to climbing girls etc etc

  • @1M0dem1
    @1M0dem1 3 місяці тому

    Brent is the fucking man.

  • @richardsmith9918
    @richardsmith9918 3 місяці тому

    Lead rope solo set ups are very interesting, which one is the very best I wonder

  • @ronl7131
    @ronl7131 3 місяці тому

    Good vid

  • @kadmow
    @kadmow 3 місяці тому

    Adding rope to the anchor to reduce fall factor - there are a number of systems one can think of.. to leave more rope "at" the anchor - with or without mechanical advantage (or throw in a bungee / shock absorber.. - seems that is the thing to do ~discussion 14 mins - logical...)
    Ha ha - your friend can be a TRS setup to prove the LRS techniques - an additional friend outside of your grigris and "neoxes" - jk - can call the EMT in the event both solo systems fail... (carry a PLB in case the friend can't be there "actually"...)

  • @Midnight_Lightning
    @Midnight_Lightning 3 місяці тому

    ❤❤

  • @mjb1022
    @mjb1022 3 місяці тому +2

    Can you test the rope runner pro for top rope soloing

    • @joshledbury6229
      @joshledbury6229 3 місяці тому

      I have thought this also... although the bull dog bone or akimbo looks generally stronger.
      The attachment point on the RRP looks slim.

  • @scottrobertson1235
    @scottrobertson1235 3 місяці тому

    I was 17 years old, used the "barnnet" method out of Royal Robbins: Advanced Rock craft! Did a first acent, of an aid climb, and lived🎉😅 YES I WAS A DUMB KID!!!..... That was in 1979!

  • @Felix_yes
    @Felix_yes 3 місяці тому

    Ah, too bad I missed the asking questions part. I'd have loved to know about LRS for ground up route development.

    • @andrewhunter6536
      @andrewhunter6536 3 місяці тому

      Would be very afraid of loose rock killing the ground anchor. Maybe half ropes with slightly offset anchors would be good?

  • @nathanrice7352
    @nathanrice7352 3 місяці тому

    It's pretty interesting that this is the first I've heard of him, but our systems and answers to these questions are almost identical.

  • @harrywohlfeil3241
    @harrywohlfeil3241 3 місяці тому

    When is the harness break test video!!!!!!

  • @arielholtz
    @arielholtz 12 днів тому +1

    More TRS videos please

  • @coryupton669
    @coryupton669 3 місяці тому

    funny, I went rope soloing today and this video comes out

  • @TakumaValcourt
    @TakumaValcourt 3 місяці тому

    belay spider!

  • @wordpress4373
    @wordpress4373 3 місяці тому

    Can you test old (10 years and so on...) completely unused ropes?

  • @jackiceful
    @jackiceful 3 місяці тому

    Is the main film lrs film out?

  • @cooperspace90
    @cooperspace90 3 місяці тому

    Wuhuuu

  • @Zogg1281
    @Zogg1281 3 місяці тому

    17:35 I've never done any rope soloing but I think the obvious answer for how to "test" your setup would be to test it with a friend who is also belaying you from a second rope....... it kinda negates ths SNAFU effect as if you have messed up something in the system you plan on using you've got an actual human their to catch you...... or call 999/911 when when the 💩 really hits the wall.... and so do you 😁😅

  • @andrewhunter6536
    @andrewhunter6536 3 місяці тому

    Is this only questions from instagram? I asked on UA-cam shorts where you also asked

    • @HowNOT2
      @HowNOT2  3 місяці тому +2

      This video already went on too long, but to answer your question:
      Any surprises with normally jam resistant knots jamming? Rope solo puts them under higher forces and will smaller cord I have had the normally-easy-to-untie alpine butterfly jam horribly. Does he use an EBSB to avoid jamming?
      Answer: I can untie bowlines and butterflies no matter how hard I've pulled them. Slip knots, if bounced on enough, are very difficult to one handed undo via just the tail.
      Also I think I remember him using back up clove hitches or slip knot, is that trading safety vs speed in an interesting way?
      Answer: I think it makes more sense in the videos we shot but hard to say here concisely.
      Finally for your channel specially. What strange cross loadings, funky behaviour, or even full failure has he seen taking gear out of its normal use case?
      Answer: people think steel carabiners are better for cross load risk. I think/thought that too so I use them in the drop tower and have broken so many steel biners from cross loading. Don't cross load things you may whip on is my advice.

  • @dragade101
    @dragade101 3 місяці тому

    Ah the conversation for crazy people. Of course you should do you. But that isnt me lol

  • @2phatt4matt
    @2phatt4matt 3 місяці тому

    My current system is a grigri backed up with an ASAP. Could you please comment on a grigri backed up with an ASAP vs grigri with knots with regard to safety and ease of redpoint? I know there is concern with the desheathing if using an ASAP as a primary belay device but I'm wondering how it does as a backup (if the primary grigri fails). Thanks!

    • @2phatt4matt
      @2phatt4matt 3 місяці тому

      System here: ua-cam.com/video/2152Zhs-8yg/v-deo.htmlsi=GTU2KtjhE9Farrp5

    • @Mathieu_Fresco
      @Mathieu_Fresco 3 місяці тому

      Asap is not intended for dynamic rope and should not be used as your primary. It could easily damage your rope, or worst...

    • @2phatt4matt
      @2phatt4matt 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Mathieu_Frescouseless

  • @mjb1022
    @mjb1022 3 місяці тому

    What does he use for top rope solo??

  • @6800891
    @6800891 3 місяці тому

    Nobody gets up in the morning and says "can't wait to go belaying today!". It seems to me that everyone should learn to top or lead rope solo. If for no other reason, belaying mistakes account for 20% of climbing injuries.

  • @JohnShark-wt2re
    @JohnShark-wt2re 3 місяці тому

    Not having a partner is *not a good reason to rope solo.
    Please understand soloing should only be done after having a good foundation of fundementals, not for lack of a partner

  • @tomgnyc
    @tomgnyc 3 місяці тому

    I'm completely lost. Very niche audience I think.

  • @olegvelichko1659
    @olegvelichko1659 3 місяці тому

    First!

    • @olegvelichko1659
      @olegvelichko1659 3 місяці тому

      Notification squad FTW here!
      Thanks for the content. Very entertaining and very informative. Actually inspired me to hit the climbing gym and get into climbing.