How to Ascend a Climbing Rope

Friday, August 3, 2018

How to Ascend a Climbing Rope

The American Mountain Guides Association and Outdoor Research put together a nice video on several techniques that guides use to climb a rope.

The techniques covered in this video include the following:

--Standard Prusik
--Assisted Breaking Device
--Autoblocking Device and Mini-Traxion
--Mini-Traxion and Garda Hitch

View the video, below:

--Jason D. Martin

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Friday, August 3, 2018