Good job guys! I have been climbing and teaching SRS techniques for many years and I learned several new tips from watching your video. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
I finally got around to trying the rescue where you use your revolver to pull down on the hitch in a SRS configuration, and I don't think it is a safe rescue. The problem is that if you have a climber on the rope and you pull down on the rope, it collapses the hitch and once that happens the hitch often will not grab again when you let up on the rope, because the weight of the rope hanging on the hitch continues to pull it down even if you stop pulling. So, once you pull down on the rope you need to be fully committed to lowering the climber all the way to the ground with no help from the hitch. Too many things to go wrong.
Good stuff. Rich borrowed that biner to the spine trick from rope access for all of the reasons you described. It also makes you as the rescuer easier to rescue if something goes wrong.
You are absolutely correct about the fire dept and a half-hour window, and that you Better be off the ground and near the casualty, or else they Will tell you to stop. Do you folks not use knee ascenders? Just using a foot ascender is really tough. Thank you for a great video. I will look at Kevin's video. about the double devices. Jim H.
Fantastic presentation. Thanks guys
Good job guys! I have been climbing and teaching SRS techniques for many years and I learned several new tips from watching your video. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Thanks for sharing this awesome video. Unfortunately a lot of climbers are not interested in how to rescue each other....
Thank you all so much for y'all's video I am a new climber just starting out and looking for ways to stay safe so thank you
This is fantastic, thank you for taking the time to make this
I finally got around to trying the rescue where you use your revolver to pull down on the hitch in a SRS configuration, and I don't think it is a safe rescue. The problem is that if you have a climber on the rope and you pull down on the rope, it collapses the hitch and once that happens the hitch often will not grab again when you let up on the rope, because the weight of the rope hanging on the hitch continues to pull it down even if you stop pulling. So, once you pull down on the rope you need to be fully committed to lowering the climber all the way to the ground with no help from the hitch. Too many things to go wrong.
Good stuff. Rich borrowed that biner to the spine trick from rope access for all of the reasons you described. It also makes you as the rescuer easier to rescue if something goes wrong.
Great info and demo thanks
You are absolutely correct about the fire dept and a half-hour window, and that you Better be off the ground and near the casualty, or else they Will tell you to stop. Do you folks not use knee ascenders? Just using a foot ascender is really tough. Thank you for a great video. I will look at Kevin's video. about the double devices. Jim H.
Great videos thanks. Could you use one rope just the first rope the climber used? without putting in a second line?
I use the alpine butterfly in place of the bowline. much faster.