I like to carry a knife on my harness, especially on longer routes, but even on shorter sport routes it can come in handy. I have gotten stuck on rappel before, and the knife saved my bacon. Hair, loose clothing, etc can get sucked into the device and there you are and there you will stay until you cut yourself free. In my case, my third-hand autoblock jammed and I was unable to loosen it. Bad situation... FWIW: Buck makes a model that locks both open and closed. Highly recommended.
Great advice! Come up with a system, use it consistently, and make sure your partner is good with it. Saves tons of time on multi-pitch stuff. Don't see many people using gear slings any more, but that's always been my favorite way to rack gear. Just hand the sling off to your partner at the belay when swinging leads. And yeah, "standard rack" means different things in different places. Anyways, keep up the good work! Looking forward to new content.
Mine too! Videoracles is an amazing project! Thank you to the team for your amazing efforts! I love your website for climbing too. The UI is so clean and easy to use. I love the climber silhouette for the loading icon! Such a classy touch.
From Australia. Super impressed by your site. 2 suggestions. Metolius make a gear sling that is cut on a bias, so it doesn't cut into your neck. I use some lambswool off a steering wheel cover to pad my sling where it rests on my neck/ shoulder.
I do alpine climbing in Dolomiti in Italy and I need to know for trad climbing in Val Orco some good advise for wha I have to added on my equipments , You have help me a lot with this video ,thank you
This is such an underrated channel.
You have more useful information without any BULLSHIT as I have come across.
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Thank you fellow climber!
Thank you for your always reliable contribution to the climbing community. Please keep it up 👍🏽
I like to carry a knife on my harness, especially on longer routes, but even on shorter sport routes it can come in handy. I have gotten stuck on rappel before, and the knife saved my bacon. Hair, loose clothing, etc can get sucked into the device and there you are and there you will stay until you cut yourself free. In my case, my third-hand autoblock jammed and I was unable to loosen it. Bad situation... FWIW: Buck makes a model that locks both open and closed. Highly recommended.
Roddy's reply:
Hi Jerry,
Yes, a knife is a key piece of equipment! I always carry one, too.
Best,
Roddy
Great advice! Come up with a system, use it consistently, and make sure your partner is good with it.
Saves tons of time on multi-pitch stuff. Don't see many people using gear slings any more, but that's always been my favorite way to rack gear. Just hand the sling off to your partner at the belay when swinging leads.
And yeah, "standard rack" means different things in different places.
Anyways, keep up the good work! Looking forward to new content.
So hard to find a video of someone explaining all the locker carabiners, thank you for the video as I am building my frist Trad rack for Red Rocks!
You are my new favorite channel. Keep up the videos!
Mine too! Videoracles is an amazing project! Thank you to the team for your amazing efforts! I love your website for climbing too. The UI is so clean and easy to use. I love the climber silhouette for the loading icon! Such a classy touch.
Just found your channel, but I really like it! Keep it up!
From Australia. Super impressed by your site. 2 suggestions. Metolius make a gear sling that is cut on a bias, so it doesn't cut into your neck. I use some lambswool off a steering wheel cover to pad my sling where it rests on my neck/ shoulder.
Cool, thanks!
really great, clear and concise no frills content. Thank you
High quality videos! Thank you so much for the effort!
Glad you like them!
Another great video, thanks!
Excellent.!
I do alpine climbing in Dolomiti in Italy and I need to know for trad climbing in Val Orco some good advise for wha I have to added on my equipments , You have help me a lot with this video ,thank you
Beautiful part of the world! Glad the video was helpful!
Thank you sir
Great videos!!!!!!
Are those pants bedazzled with a hand stack stitching???