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UER Forum > Archived UE Tutorials, Lessons, and Useful Info > Climbing and descending (Viewed 520 times) Robz   |  Climbing and descending < on 7/5/2004 8:45 PM >   ok, so heres the problem...theres this walkway i need to use to get access to a roof... what i want to do is use some kind of clibing/abseiling system to climb onto the platform and back down again.. ive figured that i can use a weighted rope to get a loop over the platform...but what would i need to get up and down? so far i only have on the list Weight for end of rope Rope i think maybe carabiners? what i really need is a guide/book on these kind of system and how to make them... thanks for any help (this is legal.....not private property or anything) -Rob MacGyver  Location: St Paul, Minnesota Gender: Male "Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"  |  Re: Climbing and descending <Reply # 1 on 7/5/2004 9:09 PM >   The sort of things you describe can not be taught over the internet. If you want to learn to ascend and rappel, you need to seek out competent and qualified training from somebody that knows how to do this and can teach you to do it properly. Like a fiend with his dope / a drunkard his wine / a man will have lust for the lure of the mine "If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent." uair01  Location: Rotterdam.NL Gender: Male -=|x|=-  |  |  Re: Climbing and descending <Reply # 2 on 7/5/2004 9:50 PM >   The easiest setup is tree climbing rope + blake's hitch + harness. You can see a demo here : http://www.xs4all.nl/~kazil/billhowto.html Like this: Indeed, the technical details cannot be explained over the internet, but now you have some pointers. "Not to look behind a door is an insult to the door, and the reality it is hiding." Freak  Location: Usually Alaska, now MSP. Gender: Male Hypocrite  |  |  Re: Climbing and descending <Reply # 3 on 7/5/2004 10:08 PM >   Moved to more appropriate forum. The skills for ascending and rappeling aren't too difficult to learn, if taught by someone with experience. As Krazy said it's not something you want to teach yourself, since there are a few things that can't be self-taught or book taught and could end up saving your life (or at least some broken bones). Wherever there are indoor climbing walls (gyms, universities, fitness clubs, sometimes gear stores), there are usually inexpensive climbing classes available, or people who might be willing to teach you if you do some rock climbing and get to know them. Turn off the internet and go play outside. http://spamusement...hp/comics/view/137 ravuya  Location: Cowtown Gender: Male Proud Communist OS User  |  |  |  Re: Climbing and descending <Reply # 4 on 7/6/2004 1:58 AM >   Most YMCAs with climbing walls will usually have an instructor on hand that can teach you basic climbing and descending, and possibly rappelling if that's your thing. The best part about these introductory climbing instructors is that they can refer you to equipment stores, where you will find people willing to teach you advanced climbing and confined-space entry techniques. [last edit 7/6/2004 2:00 AM by ravuya - edited 1 times] j0lt  Location: Kobe, Japan Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Climbing and descending <Reply # 5 on 7/24/2004 5:45 PM >   Well, the tried and true Wraith Method Of Rope Climbing (tm), is as follows: With your feet on the wall, pull yourself hand over hand up the frickin' rope. j0lt: Larger than life and twice as ugly! Caput_58  Location: Virginia, USA Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Climbing and descending <Reply # 6 on 7/25/2004 4:07 PM >   Posted by j0lt Well, the tried and true Wraith Method Of Rope Climbing (tm), is as follows: With your feet on the wall, pull yourself hand over hand up the frickin' rope. Incidentally, the amusing caver name for that method is 'batmanning', after the episodes of batman where the duo climb ropes up sheer surfaces that way (clearly tilted camera). Ironically, modern nylon ropes are harder to batman up, because they are harder and more slippery than natural fiber rope. Caput_58 Hobbes  Location: Finland Gender: Male  |  Re: Climbing and descending <Reply # 7 on 11/17/2004 10:07 PM >   Me and my friend used standard 10.5mm climbing rope to get to higher floor of an abandoned building. We managed to get the rope around a solid object at the next level and we used prusik knots to climb up the 5-6 meters to the next level. We didn't have any wall to lean against, so we had to climb in free air along the rope. Using Prusik knots is not the fastest method, but with a little bit training, its very reliable (when using proper equipment) and relatively easy to use. Theres probably tons of information about that on the net, so if you have the equipment, it's easy to train how to use it. Of course if you have the money you can buy ascenders or "jumars" to do it more easily. Just remember not to try anything you are not accustomed to, as the potential risk is great if you manage to mess things up. [last edit 11/17/2004 10:08 PM by Hobbes - edited 1 times] Plytheman  Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts Obey The Deer  |  |  Re: Climbing and descending <Reply # 8 on 11/18/2004 4:20 PM >   Posted by Caput_58 Incidentally, the amusing caver name for that method is 'batmanning', after the episodes of batman where the duo climb ropes up sheer surfaces that way (clearly tilted camera). Ironically, modern nylon ropes are harder to batman up, because they are harder and more slippery than natural fiber rope. Caput_58 haha, I love the original Batman Movie... so bad its good =P I've always refered to it as 'smudging' as thats what someone told be long ago in my days of rock climbing lessons. I've batmanned up a wall once with some thick electrical wire someone else had tied instead of rope. maybe some of this can help you: http://www2.uiuc.e...am/rappelling.html Swiss Seat and Figure 8 repelling http://www.tempe.g...re/docs/208.04.htm [last edit 11/18/2004 4:35 PM by Plytheman - edited 1 times] I'm achin, I'm shakin, I'm breakin, Like Humans Do!! -Byrne UER Forum > Archived UE Tutorials, Lessons, and Useful Info > Climbing and descending (Viewed 520 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. 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