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.
Rope Skills
Too Pumped to Send? Cheat With “Discrete Tension” Hack.
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.
Rappelling Is Climbing’s Most Dangerous Activity. Here’s How To Make It Safer.
Use these methods for better rappelling—and rap backups.
Why, How, and When to Extend Your Draws
Learn how to extend your draws to minimize rope drag and rope abrasion while making falls less dangerous.
Trad Climbing Skills: Stuck Rappel Ropes
Everyone gets their rope stuck at some point. Internationally certified mountain guide Marc Chauvin recommends two solutions to help you solve most stuck rappels.