I’ve been watching many videos about different methods for ascending a rope and yours by far is the most instructional. Very clear and well explained and presented. You’re a wonderful teacher.
The method that I use is a hand ascender + grigri. I have a sling and pulley attached to the ascender to get a good foot hold and increase my mechanical advantage when pulling the rope. I personally haven’t tried prusiking up a rope but I chose the aforementioned method because it seemed more smooth and easier to assemble/disassemble.
Never thought about the clove-hitch back up. I've been prusiking up with only 2 strands of prusiks. Thank you for showing us this method. Really good content!
@@jesserai Yep I realised that you'll need a foot ascender or a way to un-weight the clove , so that you can tie another prussic . Can you image yourself hanging from a clove hitch at your waist thats tightened up. :/
I’m not a climber but this knowledge is useful in so many ways… thanks for explaining it in a way that non-experts can use. I need to use a prussik today to sort out a ratchet strap without losing tension on the strap… fortunately not a life threatening job!
Used to climb Guava tree when i was kid, This video has rekindled my monkey urges. Just now ordered a rope, ascender,grigri+,carabiners, harness, cordettes 🐒
Haha! So did I! I'm 58 and haven't climbed since I was in my 20s, but why not practice and try it out a bit. I went ziplining through a huge redwood forest recently for hours, 200 or more feet up and had forgotten how fun it is to be high up on a rope, etc. So I just ordered all the same stuff! AMAZON should be paying for this video.
50 years of climbing for me, a bit of instructing/guiding, as well - you're a good teacher. Thanks for the videos and also for answering many of the questions that are posted; I imagine you have a busy schedule, but you've taken the time to do that.
Me to. But before seeing this. I used three standard prussic. My main halyard had come loose, others too thin to take my weight. Very concerned that the prussic would slip on the alloy mast…kept them good and tight.
Watching this video yesterday helped my kid and me gain the confidence to try and successfully ascend our fixed rope today. Just made it home safely and wanted to shoot a comment here. Thank you for the detailed, well-presented instruction. Cheers!
I came here from arborist channels as I learn climbing for tree and exterior home maintenance (tall peaks on a log home). This is a fantastic video for "newbies" like me who want to climb safely and cheaply. Well done.
Thanks for your clear and thorough explanations. They time in with the video information very well. The ‘rolling’ clove hitch is a method I had not seen previously as a back-up ‘catastrophe’ knot. Thank you.
this is a good method for survival situations, if you ever are in a situation where you only have a rope and a knife and knowledge of knots you can get up or down anywhere, so it’s good to know the old school basics imo
Seriously the best delivery of this information…I keep coming back here to remind me. My interest is entry level and thankfully this gives sensible safety information without chasing us away with hyperbole. Thanks for this.
I just ordered a harness, climbing rope, carabiner, prussik know ropes, a safety lanyard, etc. I had forgotten how much fun I used to have climbing. I'm 58 and haven't done it since I was in my 20s (In the Eastern Sierra in California near the minarets in the Ritter range). I may not go all out, but why not? Your video inspired me. Amazon is making a fortune from people getting inspired by your great video! If nothing else, I have the means to escape a fire if I'm trapped on the 2nd or 3rd floor, lol, since I already have a gas mask and fire blankets. Silly, I know. Really, I just want to play around with climbing again, whether it's trees or rocks. Thanks!
Thank you for your tutorial. I am VERY new to climbing, and as I am closer to being a senior citizen I've noted that cardio fitness is of paramount importance. On my very first day out rappelling with one of my sons, I was using a Hollow Block as a third hand (klemheist). I ended up descending too quickly and the hollow block locked up on me and was unable to release the load on the hollow block. Thankfully, I had a second bit of rope to use as a backup prusik. I was able to get myself out of the situation, but not after securing myself into the rope and cutting the original hollow block out of the system. Hairy learning experience. So much so, that my adult son is hesitant to climb with me. He is afraid for his dad understood!
So well Done, Straightforward and Explained so methodically. Love the Extra Safety Line. An Insurance policy to get one back to the Pub Another Evening....... "The Finest Kind" Thanks
Loved this! I have not and will never PLAN to climb or descend, but I thought it would be a nice bit of knowledge to have! I will practice it and figure out how to make a hasty-harness...wait, YT will have a video on that!
I am still waiting for the springtime weather to arrive before I start climbing, but in the mean time I have been experimenting with four prusik hitches (classic, distel, VT, and schwabisch) to see which works best with my ropes. With new rope and prusiks, slippage was a problem, but after just a little use everything tightened right up. I wish I had known of these hitches decades ago. It would have made many of my jobs easier and safer.
very instructional and funny video, expecially liked the effort on explaining safety and "why which knots are where" will be very useful to practice in the barn under the cows supervision XD
Exceptionally informative and well-timed for my purpose. After this I reviewed my scout's knots, hitches and lashings for a tree removal project. All I have is a 1/2" diameter of nylon rope which I tried but do not recommend. The Prussik, I looped 4x and tested for tightness. It was tight enough for me to hang on. However, I could not test it long enough.
Thanks Paul, lots of people struggle to release the Klemheist, but when you know to flick the ‘head’ it is a great and reliable prusik. Have fun practising. 😃
@@LeadingEdgeMountain Thanks. I mostly use these methods for getting into trees to hunt Whitetail Deer. I don't know if I could go up a side of a mountain like you and your friends do. I get nervous enough just getting up a tree.
Bond/Moore did this in For Your Eyes Only. Classy, less techno gadget Bond flick He was scaling sheer rock and bad guy up top removed all but one rock anchors, so he made a prussic out of his shoelaces to climb the single remaining line. Thought this was one of his best on the spot feats of ingenuity, new to me at 16yo
THis is totally different than how i do it, like incredibly different haha. This method has less gear requirement though and interesting to see the clove-hitch used that way. Because i'm pretty much always on rapell if i need to prusik back up i already have my rapel device and backup in place. So i just attach a pursik above the rapel device, attach a sling to it and girth hitch my foot with that. Then it becomes a case of, stand up, pull rope through device, sit down, slide lower prusik, slide upper prusik, rinse and repeat. Always enjoy seing the different scenarios in which techniques are applied.
Great tutorial with Brit humour. A problem I have had with cold weather and wet ropes is the pulling up on the rope with one hand to readjust the prussiks. It starts getting nasty. I have used the largest screwgate I have and attached it above the top knot with a prussic to make an ad-hoc jumar. Not a magic solution, but just a little way of easing the pain!
This is a wonderful video and I thank you for posting it. I am ready to get started learning as soon as the weather warms a bit. I have new gear and a tree in the back yard to train on. It looks like great fun to me!
A micro pulley can be attached under the top prusik to tend it for you. People get a neck lanyard and attach it to that so stays where it need to be. Or you could attach it to the standing end of your line if you are climbing a tree that is already tied in. Small things like that would help tremendously.
Hi Justin. All top ideas, this video was aimed at rock climbers who might need to ascend a rope in a unplanned or emergency situation. It is in no way for climbing trees😃. I was just demoing on the tree as it was in our back garden and we were not allowed out because of the Covid lockdown.
Before jumars we used a third prussik around a carabiner ( aided pulling up) above the waist prussik; it allowed gaster ascendeding and for some! Attaching another foot sling to it made it easier; especially if you had a pack. As one could rig it to the pack as well. Your thoughts on why or why not do three points. The rolling clove hitch is certainly an improvement over retying in every ten feet. Thanks
Hey hey! New climber here and this is excellent info. Question for whomever comes across this comment: during the descent (11:30), instead of sliding the Prusik Knots down and slowly lowering yourself, couldn't you just make a Munter Hitch on another carabiner to lower yourself more smoothly and efficiently? I've been practicing this, and other techniques, in my garage and I find that it works well for me in that simple and controlled environment, but I don't know if there's something I'm missing if I were to take that technique to a larger, real-world, environment. Thanks in advance.
Hi Johnny, the only problem with the munter Hitch is it’s hard to back it up. If your hands slip for what ever reason there is no redundancy. Putting a belay plate on and backing that up with a French prusik below would be much safer. Have some fun transferring into that. With all of these techniques you want a back up or redundancy somewhere.
I’ve been watching many videos about different methods for ascending a rope and yours by far is the most instructional. Very clear and well explained and presented. You’re a wonderful teacher.
The method that I use is a hand ascender + grigri. I have a sling and pulley attached to the ascender to get a good foot hold and increase my mechanical advantage when pulling the rope. I personally haven’t tried prusiking up a rope but I chose the aforementioned method because it seemed more smooth and easier to assemble/disassemble.
Never thought about the clove-hitch back up. I've been prusiking up with only 2 strands of prusiks. Thank you for showing us this method. Really good content!
Nice. Qs. What do you do when the prussik breaks and your left weighted on the clove hitch?
How do you get down the rope then?
@@DBSLAW88 You pack extra like she has?
@@jesserai Yep I realised that you'll need a foot ascender or a way to un-weight the clove , so that you can tie another prussic . Can you image yourself hanging from a clove hitch at your waist thats tightened up. :/
@@DBSLAW88 You would have to redo the prusik to step up and take weight off of the clove hitch to loosen it again
@@DBSLAW88
¿Qué haces cuando estás arriba y se rompe la cuerda principal y caes ,saludas a San Pedro?
there is so much wholesomeness and charisma in this video
I’m not a climber but this knowledge is useful in so many ways… thanks for explaining it in a way that non-experts can use. I need to use a prussik today to sort out a ratchet strap without losing tension on the strap… fortunately not a life threatening job!
That was a most enjoyable video and very educational too. You have a pleasing voice that just adds to the learning experience.
The best advice ever...." Always let someone know where you are and what your doing"
I'm not even a rock climber. It's 1am and I don't even know why I'm watching this video but it was interesting as hell.
Nice to know we can help with insomnia too🤣
Used to climb Guava tree when i was kid,
This video has rekindled my monkey urges. Just now ordered a rope, ascender,grigri+,carabiners, harness, cordettes 🐒
Haha! So did I! I'm 58 and haven't climbed since I was in my 20s, but why not practice and try it out a bit. I went ziplining through a huge redwood forest recently for hours, 200 or more feet up and had forgotten how fun it is to be high up on a rope, etc. So I just ordered all the same stuff! AMAZON should be paying for this video.
50 years of climbing for me, a bit of instructing/guiding, as well - you're a good teacher. Thanks for the videos and also for answering many of the questions that are posted; I imagine you have a busy schedule, but you've taken the time to do that.
Thank you for this great tutorial! I have climbed the mast of my sailboat - around 9m in height - with this method now.
Me to. But before seeing this. I used three standard prussic. My main halyard had come loose, others too thin to take my weight. Very concerned that the prussic would slip on the alloy mast…kept them good and tight.
Watching this video yesterday helped my kid and me gain the confidence to try and successfully ascend our fixed rope today. Just made it home safely and wanted to shoot a comment here. Thank you for the detailed, well-presented instruction. Cheers!
Glad you made it home safe🤗👍
Well that was fascinating. I was looking for info on tying knots and don’t climb but that was such useful information. Thank you!
You are such a great instructor! You're fun and safe all rolled into one. :)
I came here from arborist channels as I learn climbing for tree and exterior home maintenance (tall peaks on a log home).
This is a fantastic video for "newbies" like me who want to climb safely and cheaply.
Well done.
Thanks for your clear and thorough explanations. They time in with the video information very well. The ‘rolling’ clove hitch is a method I had not seen previously as a back-up ‘catastrophe’ knot. Thank you.
this is a good method for survival situations, if you ever are in a situation where you only have a rope and a knife and knowledge of knots you can get up or down anywhere, so it’s good to know the old school basics imo
Great explanation, loved the example hahaha!!
what a wonderful instructor, concise instruction, humour, a winning personality so glad I've found this channel ....
Loved the video, I am not a climber but I am fascinated by knots and their uses.
It is amazing what you can do with knots, we love it too. 🤗
I'm 62, so I'll never do this, but it sure was AWESOME to watch. Thanks. Be careful out there.
I'm 62 and I will be using it to go up the mast of my boat. Age should never be a barrier
Your instruction could save my life one day. Thanks a lot
Great instructor, lots of very useful information, while staying concise. Thanks for sharing!
Please, keep updating the channel, it's by far the best content on the subject I found on YT. Comprehensive and pleasant to watch. Thank you so much!
I've been looking for this tutorial and I am impressed with your presentation. Thank you.
Darlin! This was a pleasure and very informative watch. Thank you for this truly valuable content.
Great instructional video. You really explained everything clearly, slowly and you demonstrated it perfectly! Thank you.
Thank you very much for taking the time to give some feedback. Really appreciate it. Look out for some more videos over the winter. ⛄️🤗
Seriously the best delivery of this information…I keep coming back here to remind me.
My interest is entry level and thankfully this gives sensible safety information without chasing us away with hyperbole.
Thanks for this.
Sam you're amazing. Clear instructional content is gold dust.
Thank you very much for the feedback, super happy that your finding the content useful. Stand by for our winter ones. ⛄️🤗
I just ordered a harness, climbing rope, carabiner, prussik know ropes, a safety lanyard, etc. I had forgotten how much fun I used to have climbing. I'm 58 and haven't done it since I was in my 20s (In the Eastern Sierra in California near the minarets in the Ritter range). I may not go all out, but why not? Your video inspired me. Amazon is making a fortune from people getting inspired by your great video! If nothing else, I have the means to escape a fire if I'm trapped on the 2nd or 3rd floor, lol, since I already have a gas mask and fire blankets. Silly, I know.
Really, I just want to play around with climbing again, whether it's trees or rocks. Thanks!
First time I see how to climb with ropes. Impressive. Excellent informative video. Thanks a lot.
Excellent demonstration, thank you.
I enjoyed the humor in the video as well as the very well paced explanation.
Thanks for sharing and including that safety clove hitch back up! Excellent. Really educational.
Thank you for your tutorial. I am VERY new to climbing, and as I am closer to being a senior citizen I've noted that cardio fitness is of paramount importance. On my very first day out rappelling with one of my sons, I was using a Hollow Block as a third hand (klemheist). I ended up descending too quickly and the hollow block locked up on me and was unable to release the load on the hollow block. Thankfully, I had a second bit of rope to use as a backup prusik. I was able to get myself out of the situation, but not after securing myself into the rope and cutting the original hollow block out of the system. Hairy learning experience. So much so, that my adult son is hesitant to climb with me. He is afraid for his dad understood!
So well Done, Straightforward and Explained so methodically.
Love the Extra Safety Line.
An Insurance policy
to get one back to
the Pub Another
Evening.......
"The Finest Kind"
Thanks
The best prusik explanation for ascending so far ! Great work ! and thanks a lot ! Crystal clear instructions and explanations
Yes, best explanation, only one thing. IS NOT A PRUSSIK
Such a good and easy to follow video. Thank you, I'm looking into starting tree working in the near future and this was a big help.
The instruction in this video is so well done. Very clear and understandable!
Wow, it was fun! I love the funny yet professional way you talk about these things.
This lady is an great instructor...
I can see she knows...
Fantastic instruction. Clear and authoritative but not too dry. Fab.
I've been doing so many things so wrong for so long. This not only looks safe, it looks like fun and good exercise.
This is an absolute goldmine of double entendres.
Loved this! I have not and will never PLAN to climb or descend, but I thought it would be a nice bit of knowledge to have! I will practice it and figure out how to make a hasty-harness...wait, YT will have a video on that!
Thank you. Been doing some yacht rigging, think this is excellent. Especially the clove hitch back up. Can't have too much back up aloft!
I am still waiting for the springtime weather to arrive before I start climbing, but in the mean time I have been experimenting with four prusik hitches (classic, distel, VT, and schwabisch) to see which works best with my ropes. With new rope and prusiks, slippage was a problem, but after just a little use everything tightened right up. I wish I had known of these hitches decades ago. It would have made many of my jobs easier and safer.
Thanks for your clear and concise instruction. I like the addition of the clove hitch.
Very useful and the explanation and demo are clear and distinct. well done,
You are as entertaining as you are educational. Bravo!
very instructional and funny video, expecially liked the effort on explaining safety and "why which knots are where" will be very useful to practice in the barn under the cows supervision XD
Exceptionally informative and well-timed for my purpose. After this I reviewed my scout's knots, hitches and lashings for a tree removal project. All I have is a 1/2" diameter of nylon rope which I tried but do not recommend. The Prussik, I looped 4x and tested for tightness. It was tight enough for me to hang on. However, I could not test it long enough.
Everyone, do yourselves a favor and watch all the way to the end... that last bit of advice was the best!! LOL!
Very nice presentation. Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge
I’m impressed with how easily the Klemheist releases. Very good. I’ll have to look up your video on the various prusik knots.
Good video.
Thanks Paul, lots of people struggle to release the Klemheist, but when you know to flick the ‘head’ it is a great and reliable prusik. Have fun practising. 😃
@@LeadingEdgeMountain Thanks. I mostly use these methods for getting into trees to hunt Whitetail Deer. I don't know if I could go up a side of a mountain like you and your friends do. I get nervous enough just getting up a tree.
Excellent tutorial and demonstration, well done…
Thank you for a very helpful and engaging tutorial!
That's awesome knowledge to keep in mind, thank you
Clean, clear, very informative, you are a splended instructor
So many handy informations in one video! Love your channel and thank you for this :))
Slow and clear instruction. A+ 👍
Educational, entertaining, and fun/funny - you’d be fun to hang out with!
Thank you for an fun and informational block of instruction!
Best video on this I have found . Thanks
Well done. Really, jolly good content. Cheers! Keep up the good work.
Bond/Moore did this in For Your Eyes Only.
Classy, less techno gadget Bond flick
He was scaling sheer rock and bad guy up top removed all but one rock anchors, so he made a prussic out of his shoelaces to climb the single remaining line.
Thought this was one of his best on the spot feats of ingenuity, new to me at 16yo
Best instructor ever !!!!
THis is totally different than how i do it, like incredibly different haha. This method has less gear requirement though and interesting to see the clove-hitch used that way. Because i'm pretty much always on rapell if i need to prusik back up i already have my rapel device and backup in place. So i just attach a pursik above the rapel device, attach a sling to it and girth hitch my foot with that. Then it becomes a case of, stand up, pull rope through device, sit down, slide lower prusik, slide upper prusik, rinse and repeat. Always enjoy seing the different scenarios in which techniques are applied.
Great sense of humor! Awesome Job! Thank You! :)
This is most practical technic with the most minimum of hardware... and very useful for climbing up a tree when on a hunting trip. Tqvm for the vid..
parabéns sou do Paraná brasil👋👋👋👋
That was very good info! Good instruction. Thank you.
That was the best tutorial I've seen so far!!! Great detail in everything. Top job! I've subbed.nice work. 🙂👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the educational info on prussics!
For descending, could you just convert the clove hitch to a munter hitch, then leave the body prusiks as a backup, and rappel down?
Great video, very clear
It helped me correct some things I'm not doing well with SRT
Good demonstration ma'am very informative Thanks
Wonderful video, you're a great instructor!
I will almost certainly never use this but just seems like one of those things everyone should know!
Brilliantly presented. Nice work!
There was something very "Julia Child" about this instruction. Thank you!
Nice progress. Thanks for sharing.
Great tutorial with Brit humour. A problem I have had with cold weather and wet ropes is the pulling up on the rope with one hand to readjust the prussiks. It starts getting nasty. I have used the largest screwgate I have and attached it above the top knot with a prussic to make an ad-hoc jumar. Not a magic solution, but just a little way of easing the pain!
Great video. Thanks for doing such a great demonstration.
🌟 Incredible... thk U
Thank you for sharing. That is a useful info.
Your a great instructor! Seriously top job! Cheers from Australia just subbed.nice work 🙂👍👍👍
Verry nice explanations and demo!! Love it from start to finish!!!
Thanks so much! 😉👍
You’re an excellent teacher!
Great video. Very clear and precise.
jim cross thanks very much. Working hard on some new ones this week too😃
This is a wonderful video and I thank you for posting it. I am ready to get started learning as soon as the weather warms a bit. I have new gear and a tree in the back yard to train on. It looks like great fun to me!
Wow, easy as ABC, thanks a lot maam...
A micro pulley can be attached under the top prusik to tend it for you. People get a neck lanyard and attach it to that so stays where it need to be. Or you could attach it to the standing end of your line if you are climbing a tree that is already tied in. Small things like that would help tremendously.
Hi Justin. All top ideas, this video was aimed at rock climbers who might need to ascend a rope in a unplanned or emergency situation. It is in no way for climbing trees😃. I was just demoing on the tree as it was in our back garden and we were not allowed out because of the Covid lockdown.
Interesting idea. Can you elaborate or give directions where further info is available? Thank you.
LOL, only so many pairs of clean pants. Great line.
This was great instruction. Thx !
Thanks very much. Some more videos due for the winter😆
Just found your channel, this info is great! I’m really enjoying watching your videos
SoapDec TV Thanks very much, we are working hard on more content! 😃
Get the vt prusiks from Bluewater. They are a game changer because they release after binding so easy. They make ascending fun!
Awesome video. Great skills and explanation.
Glad to learn of an ascension method if nothing fancy is on hand. EG ascenders etc
Before jumars we used a third prussik around a carabiner ( aided pulling up) above the waist prussik; it allowed gaster ascendeding and for some! Attaching another foot sling to it made it easier; especially if you had a pack. As one could rig it to the pack as well.
Your thoughts on why or why not do three points. The rolling clove hitch is certainly an improvement over retying in every ten feet.
Thanks
Hey hey!
New climber here and this is excellent info.
Question for whomever comes across this comment: during the descent (11:30), instead of sliding the Prusik Knots down and slowly lowering yourself, couldn't you just make a Munter Hitch on another carabiner to lower yourself more smoothly and efficiently?
I've been practicing this, and other techniques, in my garage and I find that it works well for me in that simple and controlled environment, but I don't know if there's something I'm missing if I were to take that technique to a larger, real-world, environment.
Thanks in advance.
Hi Johnny, the only problem with the munter Hitch is it’s hard to back it up. If your hands slip for what ever reason there is no redundancy. Putting a belay plate on and backing that up with a French prusik below would be much safer. Have some fun transferring into that.
With all of these techniques you want a back up or redundancy somewhere.
@@LeadingEdgeMountain Fantastic, thank you for the detailed response!
Cheers and Merry Christmas!