Ski Mountaineering Skills with Andrew McLean - Ropes
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- In this episode, Andrew McLean gets tied up in the details about crucial ski-mountaineering rope skills.
Each week, Basecamp T.V. in collaboration with Andrew McLean will bring you a new skill to help grow your ski mountaineering grey matter and improve your understanding of how to move in technical terrain. Over 11 episodes, McLean will cover tips, tricks and techniques to get you safely where you want to go in the backcountry.
Basecamp T.V.’s Ski Mountaineering Skills with Andrew McLean is brought to you by Backcountry Magazine and Outdoor Research.
Shot on Location in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and beyond
Cinematography by: Jonah and Noah Howell
Editing by: Noah Howell
that last line caught me off guard
:-P
What does it mean???
yeah???
yupp, a little confusion over that last line here aswell....
Shibari lol
Last line slayed me
I learned a little extra at the end.
haha.. oh man. that last line. I had to come down to the comment section to read other peoples reactions.. was not disappointed.
Do you plan to come back for your slings and carabiners that are left up at the top of your rappel? Or is there an anchoring method off a tree or snow where you don't leave gear at the top but you don't hurt the tree/rope by simply running the rope behind a tree?
Dillon Smith There's nothing wrong with just running the rope around the tree once in a while. It's not encouraged because if EVERYONE rappeled off the same tree on the same part of a popular route, the friction of the rope being pulled down and running against the trunk could do severe damage to the tree over time. It can make your rope a littls dirty too, but if it is a dry rope you probably won't even notice. Unless it's a sappy tree, avoid those. But if you get cliffed out on uncharted territory it's not gonna kill the tree or ruin your rope to do it once in a while. It can be a problem if people use the same tree repeatedly though.
Thanks for the reply Nate. That definitely makes since as to why I've seen some gear left on trees for popular rappel points down from a route. Good call on avoiding sappy trees as well!
Yes a cambium saver used by arborists. Webbing with one large ring and one small ring...or a karabiner and another karabiner with a micro pulley acting as a small ring. Tie an overhand knot at the end of your rope; pulls through the large ring but not the small. Jams and pulls the whole system out and down. Easy!
On the other hand I never feel comfy using left behind anchors. You never know what condition the gear is in
@@andrew372 thanks never thought of that!
Best ending to videos so far
Thumbs up for the last line
Review video of rope and knots for the bedroom, please. 🤔
You can also do a girth hitch a sling around the tree then thread your rope through the sling without carabiners. Since you are rappelling there is little movement and nylon on nylon.
less tat left behind and keep your biners for another day
do you use a munter hitch to do a simple repel into a couloir or something like that? Or do you use an ATC, figure 8 or similar device?
Belays are a good idea though, and don't weigh much
Love the last bit! :D Great video!
Awesome. 😎 Thanks for the lessons!
Lol
ropes...bedroom...what am I missing?
i dont get it, my ropes just sit there in my bedroom closet, but ropes are super duper usefull in the mountains???
But can he do all this with a stolen tree stand on his back? Granted, I'd allow his wife to help him. As is tradition.
Awesome 👌. Can't forget about bedroom 😜
Andrew, thanks for sharing.
Love your Munter tying method!
That last line .....🤣
I'm trying to attach a tree stand to my backpack, what kind of rope should i use?
So you leave the sling and carabiner?
I can't afford to leave gear behind ....so I came up with a idea . route rope around a tree ( if theres one ) like he showed in video .....But carry a piece of garden hose to wrap around tree with rope running inside of hose . Tree is happy rope stays clean and undamaged . retrieve both rope and piece of hose when done . Use again when needed .
ski bum Great solution!
how do you get the sling of the tree if you don't go up
It's a leave behind anchor