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Well, I decided that I needed to learn to ascend and rappel. For personal enjoyment and for climbing and felling trees, antenna towers, etc.So I ordered a harness, ascenders, ropes, and stuff today. I will share my learning experiences here. I hope that its not updated from a hospital bed, or worse, but it will be what it will be.Stay tuned.
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
Thanks Bobby. My wife will be my ground crew and 911 alert system...I won't climb with no one else aroundThe craziest thing I heard was that people have rappelled of the end of their rope by not knowing if the rope was all the way to the ground...
Bobby, the setup I'm working with is a 2:1 so I should be ok. I may get a foot strap and tie a prusik to help on longer climbs. I won't be off the ground very far at first. I also need to get my rope manual out and re-learn some knots and rope termination.
Might also want to get a rescue 8 instead of the regular figure 8. The wings on it allow you to take a wrap and work hands free or provide additional braking with a heavy load. Like doing a buddy/casualty repel for instance.