Streamline Your Next Multi-pitch With These Rope-management Tips
Instead of spending your climbs untangling a rope, learn a few simple methods that will help you spend more time sending.
Instead of spending your climbs untangling a rope, learn a few simple methods that will help you spend more time sending.
Sick of being the weakling and the buffoon? Forget excuses. “Discrete tension,” aka DT, can earn you credit for routes significantly harder than you actually redpoint.
Use these methods for better rappelling—and rap backups.
Learn how to extend your draws to minimize rope drag and rope abrasion while making falls less dangerous.
Everyone gets their rope stuck at some point. Internationally certified mountain guide Marc Chauvin recommends two solutions to help you solve most stuck rappels.