AustinL911
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- Joined
- Apr 15, 2019
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Ok, so since I've tried about every other method of climbing, I figured I'd give SRT a go. I watched JCline's videos (thank you, btw) and I'm still left with some questions. I'm a complete climbing-world novice, so I've got all these shiny climbing gadgets lying around that look like they fell off the ass end of a rice burning Decepticon; all of which I really am not 100% sure how they are supposed to operate. Some have cute little pictures engraved in them, but it might as well be in a foreign language. I would like to be 100% sure how to work these things before I get my fat ass 30 ft in the air. I tried this whole rappelling thing at like 4ft off the ground, and I apparently pulled one lever a little too hard because I saw my life flash before my eyes when the bottom dropped out of the saddle. I'd rather not do that any further up.
Here's my current setup (can add more if needed):
-Kestrel Flex with stock rope bridge (will eventually make an Amsteel one when I find a length I like)
-Tethrd Linesmans rope and tether, both with RM1's
-Several carabiners
-Kong LH ascender w/ adjustable foot loop
-MadRock Safeguard
-75ft 9mm Sterling HTP
-Throw weights/lines/paracord/etc.
-The will to live................and walk.
Any videos or How-To's out there that I can look at or read? I've search high and low but can't seem to come up with any good instructional vids that break this whole thing down for dummies like me. MadRock really doesn't do much in the way of explaining how their devices work.
Here's my current setup (can add more if needed):
-Kestrel Flex with stock rope bridge (will eventually make an Amsteel one when I find a length I like)
-Tethrd Linesmans rope and tether, both with RM1's
-Several carabiners
-Kong LH ascender w/ adjustable foot loop
-MadRock Safeguard
-75ft 9mm Sterling HTP
-Throw weights/lines/paracord/etc.
-The will to live................and walk.
Any videos or How-To's out there that I can look at or read? I've search high and low but can't seem to come up with any good instructional vids that break this whole thing down for dummies like me. MadRock really doesn't do much in the way of explaining how their devices work.