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 Stoke
 |  | How do you climb a rope?
< on 8/21/2005 6:33 PM >
|  | | | Can someone explain to me how to climb up and down a rope? Does it require lots of physical strength?
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Location: North County San Diego
Gender: Male
We were playing flashlight tag, officer!
| |  | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 1 on 8/21/2005 6:38 PM >
|  | | | It's easier if the rope is against a vertical surface or has knots at regular intervals, but technically it's possible just by inching your way up. Hold the rope in your hands, then bring your feet as high as you can and squeeze the rope between them. Move your hands up, then feet, etc.
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Code_Finder
Location: SF,CA
Gender: Male
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| |  | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 2 on 8/21/2005 6:50 PM >
| | | | Try a Prusik hitch around the rope with a loop for your foot to cinch it down so you can alternately pull-cinch-reach and grab. You can scale any rope, cable, pole or circular tubing imaginable. Fast.
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Freak
   
Location: Usually Alaska, now MSP.
Gender: Male
Hypocrite
| |  | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 3 on 8/21/2005 7:30 PM >
| | | | The easiest method is to wear a climbing harness, and use prussic knots (knots which only slide one way) and foot loops. The technique is kind of hard to explain, and if you screw up your knots you can get injured or stuck on the rope. If you're going to do this you should either take a technical climbing course (often available at local gyms for a small fee), or find a climber to teach you.
Next easiest is to tie knots every few feet, and use these to get a better grip as you climb. The rope will spin and you'll spend a lot of time dangling from your hands trying to get your feet on the next knot, so make sure to practice.
If you've got the strength for it, you can just climb up the thing commando-style: http://www.powerat...leropeclimbing.htm
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Bobtheallmighty
Location: Somewhere over london, Ontario
Gender: Male
gotta climb.
| | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 4 on 8/21/2005 8:20 PM >
| | | | I was actually trying to climb some rope last night. let me give you one tip... dont use that evil thin yellow plastic rope without gloves or knots, it will mess up your hands something awefull.
-bob
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Raider
Not Gay
Location: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
<Intelligent>
| |  | | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 5 on 8/21/2005 8:55 PM >
| | | | For me it's easy, I have a lot of upper body strength and I don't use my legs at all.. I let the legs just dangle and I use my arms and just pull myself up.. I was always quick with climbing ropes.. Remember back in the day when you had to climb the ropes to the roof in gym class? Everybody used both legs, and arms and I'd just blow by them. I'm also pretty light so I'd suggest going with the knots in the rope and using both your legs and arms and taking your time.
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fraxFF
Location: Rochester, NY
Gender: Male
| | | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 6 on 8/22/2005 2:09 AM >
| | | | I've always used my knees and ankles to pinch the rope while i reached up. I'd do a pullup with my arms and then re-pinch the rope with my legs. Knots along the way make it easier. I'll have to look into the sliding knot idea, it sounds like a good one.
-ff
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 7 on 8/22/2005 4:45 AM >
| | | | Am I the only one using ascenders?
I used to use Petzl's but they were too big to lug around. Now I use Ushba's from Russia and, if travelling light, Gibbs work well but Tibloc's are tiny and work very well. I set mine up Texas Leapfrog style which allows your legs to do most of the work.
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drainpunk
| | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 8 on 8/22/2005 3:47 PM >
| | | | I haven't tried climbing one for years, perhaps I could do now better than back in the day at school, although we never had to climb them to gym roof. I should try to get some rope..
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PyroMaster
Location: wny hamburg area
Gender: Male
best band ever
| | |  | | | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 9 on 8/22/2005 4:26 PM >
| | | | Posted by Barry Kooda
Am I the only one using ascenders?
I used to use Petzl's but they were too big to lug around. Now I use Ushba's from Russia and, if travelling light, Gibbs work well but Tibloc's are tiny and work very well. I set mine up Texas Leapfrog style which allows your legs to do most of the work.
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do u have any links to good cheap ones?
wait i'm not supposed to be here?
-no
o ok fuck you then |
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 10 on 8/22/2005 6:01 PM >
| | | | Posted by PyroMaster
do u have any links to good cheap ones?
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I get a lot of stuff cheap on Ebay.
http://sporting-go...acatZ30105QQsojsZ1
If you get a tibloc, which are a single piece of metal that uses a carabinier as a cam, they only cost like $20 new at any climbing store.
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GreyKat
Location: Minneapolis/St Paul MN
Gender: Male
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
| | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 11 on 8/22/2005 9:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by Barry Kooda
Am I the only one using ascenders?
I used to use Petzl's but they were too big to lug around. Now I use Ushba's from Russia and, if travelling light, Gibbs work well but Tibloc's are tiny and work very well. I set mine up Texas Leapfrog style which allows your legs to do most of the work.
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Nope they rock.
Depends on how far a climb though. 20 feet or more ascenders are the way to go. Less than that though and I have a handy rope ladder. 
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duck219
| | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 12 on 8/22/2005 9:49 PM >
| | | | Instead of using a prusik, you can also use a petzl grigri which can also then be used as your rappel and belay device. Definitely handy, and they are also autolocking for extra safety!
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 13 on 8/22/2005 10:36 PM >
| | | | Posted by GreyKat
Nope they rock.
Depends on how far a climb though. 20 feet or more ascenders are the way to go. Less than that though and I have a handy rope ladder.
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I have a friend (another rigger) who's in to minimalism.On shorter climbs,he ties his keys (Not something I'd risk) to a piece of tie line, throws them over a beam, pulls his rope over, ties a bowline in the end, stands in the bowline and pulls himself up sorta leapfrogging. Pretty cool!
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GreyKat
Location: Minneapolis/St Paul MN
Gender: Male
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
| | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 14 on 8/23/2005 2:16 PM >
| | | | Sounds like a cool trick, Ill have to try that sometime!
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Stoke
| | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 15 on 8/23/2005 5:33 PM >
| | | | So most of your are saying to just climb it like a caterpillar? See I am not very strong (not strong at all actually) So that is kind of hard for me. I can't even do a pushup... Dang I am pathetic 
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NightGiant
Location: Western New York
Gender: Male
| | | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 16 on 8/23/2005 6:21 PM >
| | | | if you seriously can't do a push up then i would not suggest rope climbing at any considerable height. rope climbing is a lot of upper body strength. and if you seriously can't do a push up, i would recommend you start trying to strengthen up, i don't think that's healthy. besides, it can only improve your UE if you are more fit (easier to climb rope, climb fences, climb walls, run from certain things, etc.)
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PyroMaster
Location: wny hamburg area
Gender: Male
best band ever
| | | | | | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 17 on 8/23/2005 8:30 PM >
| | | | i cant do a push up but i can climb like a mother fucker...i have a ton of upper body strength but i just cant do a push up hahaha
wait i'm not supposed to be here?
-no
o ok fuck you then |
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Bobtheallmighty
Location: Somewhere over london, Ontario
Gender: Male
gotta climb.
| | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 18 on 8/23/2005 10:12 PM >
| | | | Climbing has alot more to do with the legs then it does the arms in my opinion. I mostly just use my hands to balance well im climbing anything thats not rope.
-bob
" <Samurai> you know, we aren't as far removed from animals as we'd like to think... i still have bowel movements that border on mystical... i mean almost orgasmic" |
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wooble
Location: Surrey, UK
Gender: Male
| | | Re: How do you climb a rope?
<Reply # 19 on 8/24/2005 12:15 AM >
| | | | If the rope has knots, it's like a more advanced version of a ladder. It just requires a stronger grip and more balance. if it's over/near a wall, hold the rope with your hands and walk up the wall. If it's that bastard blue nylon rope, wear gloves, cause it burns you like hell if you slip.
Something I did with a friend as an experiment was to get a grappling hook, shackle a small pulley to it, and throw it up so the hook caught, then use the pulley to run up one end of a rope ladder. tie off the rope to something heavy, or just have the heavier guy hold the end, and then one person climbs the ladder to fasten it more securely. It's way too much kit and a pain in the arse to set up quickly so it's no practical use while exploring at all, but I figured it might be useful if you need to move a large number of people who may not be too hot at climbing a rope.
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