Rescuing a Climber From Above in Less Than 10 Minutes

This video shows how to rescue perform a rock rescue drill in a single pitch environment. This is useful in trad climbing, sport climbing, or top rope climbing scenarios.
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - Set-up Prussik
3:30 - Unweight Gri Gri
4:00 - Set-up Rap
4:50 - Remove Gri Gri
5:30 - System Summary
6:15 - Loading Rappel
7:15 - Rappelling to Partner
9:00 - Pick Off Partner
9:40 - Sum Up
#climbing #selfrescue #rockrescue

[@PhilipSchreiber-i5l]

Great video! Note that this technique can be done without the orange rope and no rappel device. The climbing rope and a single gri-gri would suffice. It is rare that a lead climber would have these items on a typical climb. For the video the orange rope is nice because it helps visualize the technique, but its really not needed. Also no need to untie either person until you get to the anchors below, assuming more pitches to ground.

[@novadea1643]

I've been climbing on and off since I was like ten, unfortunately mostly off due to various reasons. Now I've been getting back into climbing and itching to do my first lead climbs (only done top rope before). Also want to get into trad climbing so I've been gobbling up pretty much every climbing video YT has suggested, mostly to refresh my memory but also to learn new things like this.
So far yours are among the best both in clarity and correctness, I've seen so many "tutorial" videos that shouldn't exist it's not funny. You've definitely earned a new subscriber and I'll be recommending many of your videos to my friends.

[@summitseekersexperience]

Nice, thanks for the compliment. Glad to hear you are "back in the game"

[@SlightlyOverripeAvocado]

Great videos! I like books for most topics but these videos for climbing techniques are invaluable.

[@summitseekersexperience]

Thanks, glad you liked the video.

[@honza4471]

Loving the videos, thank you and please do keep making them, super practical stuff in case anything goes wrong 👍

[@summitseekersexperience]

For sure, always good to be well equipped.

[@bubbyb0i6967]

Great video as always! Nice to see you taking my suggestion with “muting” the munter. Just a little alternative with securing the friction hitch to the master point; if you don’t have a cord with you, a double length sling would work just as well. You wouldn’t have to tie the munter mule too which is nice. Keep up the awesome content! Good refreshers for SPI skills 🙂

[@summitseekersexperience]

For sure!!

[@bryankano6247]

oh yeah thats really clean, you're backed up with the prussik but also still counterweighting with your ATC / third hand. clever.

[@summitseekersexperience]

Yeah, system is pretty elegant.

[@vlaaady]

I wonder if using a term Tandem Rappel here would be appropriate Thanks.

[@Andrew-qb1rc]

Good stuff, overall, but now I am wondering how to do this on a multi-pitch and when you need to rappel down several anchors. Also, in the video you used a gri-gri, but what if you are using a reverso or atc, how would you unweight a tubular device?

[@summitseekersexperience]

Hey Andrew, on multipitch, a rescue would be quite complex on a multipitch pickoff and rap. There is a technique that we learn in some of our advanced courses at the AMGA for how to do this which I'm considering making a series on UA-cam for how to do... will keep you posted obviously. In regards to an ATC/Tube, yes you can definitely do that although it is more involved. Here is a video that shows how to unweight and switch to rappel after ascending with an ATC/Tube: ua-cam.com/video/PYDa0JAkBjM/v-deo.html

[@user-ez4iv2kp4f]

Why not make the prussik frome the same cordelette? You would save one carabiner and your prussik sling.

[@rockclimbinghacks9222]

Belaying off a redirect would obviate this process.

[@phb6795]

Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué ????