this is a great video, i’ve been climbing professionally for 44 years and a foot loop and prusik has saved my hide many times when i’ve missed branches when swinging tree to tree in a saddle , they didn’t have all of the fancy srt climbing devices when i started climbing, nor the nice hollow webbing , hell , the blake’s hitch wasn’t invented yet , showing my age lol , at 60 i’m still climbing trees and i will be using this method shortly climbing around branches! i will start trying the french prusik for my loop , seems like a great way to not wrestle with your loop prusik, great video!!
How unexpected ... tree surgeon (yes we also prusik, generally techniques are slightly different though) - here I am, watching a video for rock climbers and when you get to the end of the video - "We'll plant you a tree" ... Grand.
It seems like it would be easier to push up if both feet were in a small loop, in the larger foot loop. Is there some reason to not do that, or is it simply that your typical climber considers that unnecessary?
The free foot is for steady the swaying and to distance yourself from the cliff as you ascend. Otherwise as you push vertically upwards, your whole body slams horizontally into the cliff as the rope sways.
@suf-py4ix Tree surgeon and rock climber here. 8mm-10mm is more appropriate in commercial applications and is thick enough that you don't need a back up (the rolling clove hitch). 8mm also lasts longer on double rope technique. The other thing is, that there needs to be a difference in the diameter of the prussik and the rope. So an 8mm prussik on an 8mm climbing rope won't work very well. Whereas an 8mm prussik on a 13mm arb rope will work.
Hey Derek - just noticed this comment. Thanks for watching, we appreciate it! It would be interesting to know the difference in proportion of people carrying specialist rope grabbing devices, and the differences between say the US, UK, and Europe. I dont see many people carrying them here... yet!
I don't think that's true. I virtually never carry a shunt but almost always have a couple of prussiks on my harness if I'm on a multi-pitch or sea cliff.
this is a great video, i’ve been climbing professionally for 44 years and a foot loop and prusik has saved my hide many times when i’ve missed branches when swinging tree to tree in a saddle , they didn’t have all of the fancy srt climbing devices when i started climbing, nor the nice hollow webbing , hell , the blake’s hitch wasn’t invented yet , showing my age lol , at 60 i’m still climbing trees and i will be using this method shortly climbing around branches! i will start trying the french prusik for my loop , seems like a great way to not wrestle with your loop prusik, great video!!
Another excellent video and a complete answer to a comment I recently made to a the video on abseilling past a knot in the rope. Many thanks.
Thanks again Gordon!
Thank you, John from Pennsylvania, ...
thanks John. What other videos would you like to see?
How unexpected ... tree surgeon (yes we also prusik, generally techniques are slightly different though) - here I am, watching a video for rock climbers and when you get to the end of the video - "We'll plant you a tree" ... Grand.
Is there an advantage to using the classic prussik over the klemheist for the main cord? I've seen both in tutorials.
Generally it just bites a bit stronger, so if you are on wet skinny rope will need less twists.
It is also multidirectional, not that it matters here.
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I like video
It seems like it would be easier to push up if both feet were in a small loop, in the larger foot loop.
Is there some reason to not do that, or is it simply that your typical climber considers that unnecessary?
The free foot is for steady the swaying and to distance yourself from the cliff as you ascend. Otherwise as you push vertically upwards, your whole body slams horizontally into the cliff as the rope sways.
Yeah the other foot is for control
I’m no rock climber. But as a tree climber it was 8mm minimum and up to 10mm
A lot of climbers use 5-7mm
@suf-py4ix Tree surgeon and rock climber here. 8mm-10mm is more appropriate in commercial applications and is thick enough that you don't need a back up (the rolling clove hitch). 8mm also lasts longer on double rope technique.
The other thing is, that there needs to be a difference in the diameter of the prussik and the rope. So an 8mm prussik on an 8mm climbing rope won't work very well. Whereas an 8mm prussik on a 13mm arb rope will work.
collies are the best :)
A great video for the 1970s or for total emergencies. But nowadays most of us have various light and small rope grabbing devices at our disposal.
Hey Derek - just noticed this comment. Thanks for watching, we appreciate it! It would be interesting to know the difference in proportion of people carrying specialist rope grabbing devices, and the differences between say the US, UK, and Europe. I dont see many people carrying them here... yet!
I don't think that's true. I virtually never carry a shunt but almost always have a couple of prussiks on my harness if I'm on a multi-pitch or sea cliff.