I bought 50 bucks in Amazon repealing gear and watched 2 or 3 YouTube videos. I am going to practice going off my buddies balcony as soon as it arrives.
Knowing what you are doing is for pussies.
Life is an adventure not a guided tour.
If I die throw me in a ditch.
No, you didn't. You don't actually go outside. You just wanted to make a shitpost because you're on nu-/out/.
>im totally going to do the thing but first I must post about it on 4chins
1/10 but could go up to 10/10 if you stream it live in youtube
Photos assured.
The trouble is the cheap Chinese harness won't be in for a week.
But yeah I can get you pics for sure.
Make a new thread when you get it if this one's dead. This may actually be funny ¯_(ツ)_/¯
>youtuber accidentally hangs himself live after trying to rappel down balcony
I wish I could get views for my moronation.
You know we're gonna need photo proof to stop calling you a homosexual, right?
>Practice on the balcony
Black person what are you going to practice on the balcony
Off
You didn't need the harness. We used to make harnesses out of tubular nylon webbing. There might even be instructions on the internet on how to wrap and tie it. Take care with the water knot, if you frick this up I'm not even throwing you in a ditch you can rot where you land.
once the glowies are done with the sub urban vaccination zombies they are coming for us, professional homeowners with repealing gear
Based garage repealer.
Hell I went all in and got a figure 8 but it appears you the Chad you are don't even need one.
Cool vid man.
You can do a super munter to keep the brake hand down and it doesn't twist the rope up
>Troonjak is climber now
Holy frick
It really is over isn't it
why wait for a aharness if you have a rope you can just tie it around your waist
why do you want to learn to rapell if you dont climb?
Having skills is in and of it's self valuable.
It's just fun for one, and it's a road into climbing.
Secondly it's a prepper skill, just knowing how to get down from high places can be useful. Even if its just theory.
Lastly it just sounds fun and I was able to put together a kit for 50 bucks.
Make sure to tie the rope around the chimney
Update.
So turns out climbing rope is expensive as frick.
I thought it was 80- 90 cent a foot, nope frick me.
so...i actually used to have to do rope work for a job. you wanna know anything?
Yeah thanks man.
Wear and tear on ropes. If I run a rope over a surface like a rock ledge or a wood hand rail do I need to buy anything under it to protect it?
Secondly I have seen people demonstrating using a break hand in the back. I'll use a glove but how harsh is that rope going to pass through my hand with a single girth hitch?
Really I am doing this to learn by doing. These are the only two things I have no clue about and can't test for before I go off the edge. Tips and tricks are always nice though.
yeah over rocks and sharp areas having a wrap for the rope is gonna be a good idea and also gonna extend your rope life. get good gloves like the ones in the pic (petzl makes good climbing gear) make sure everything that gonna hold weight is rated for way more than you will ever use it for. yes the breaking hand usually will be at the back when rappelling. learn what a prussik and VT prussik knot's are and how to tie them. pulleys are gonna be used later as you get more knowledge and applied skill. fingerless gloves are a big no no always full finger (ropes will burn you so fast you cannot imagine) let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks man.
I am sticking to low heights just about 5 6 m for now. I plan on doing the real learning after I get the level one hands on type stuff. I learn best hands on so as you point out I have a long way to go but I won't do it if I don't ever start and try.
Thanks I'll wrap and use good gloves.
Have a nice day.
i wish i could teach you anon. rappelling is hella fun but i will say this. on low height drops its fine to do solo stuff bigger stuff you need a buddy. learn the difference between static and dynamic rope along with wet ropes. depends on what you do and where that will define what rope type you need.
>REI is a good source to just browse and get a rough idea.
>get a real harness trust me. you can get away with using tubular nylon for a bit but once you get a harness it feels so much better
>get a petzl william ball lock auto carabiner. it will make life easier
>avoid steel stuff unless its for anchors.
>avoid stuff that screws shut if you need to unscrew it on the rope or carry a multi-tool
>the pliers are a godsend.
Were you looking at static rope or dynamic rope?
You don’t need dynamic rope just for repelling off your roof or whatever
I'm moronic I didn't mean to post this here, and now it won't let me delete it. Sorry.
Did you post a dick pic on PrepHole?
>one could say he rocked PrepHole with his wiener PrepHole
As long as you have a backup friction hitch I won't call you a moron. Close to 30% of "repealing" accidents happen because of this.
The Amazon bastards had one item in my package that was delayed or some shit and now the whole order isn't coming in till Monday.
Fug.
It's still on though.
breh tf did you order from amazon for climbing?
Carabineers
Rings
Figure 8
And a harness.
The harness got held up because I was in the same shipment as a bump hat that is back ordered.
Is this the moronic Climbing Ideas General? Cause I have a moronic question. I'm a turbo poorgay who often hikes on steep forested slopes. I'd like to add some protection in case I slip and eat shit. So I was looking at climbing gear and most of it, including the nice dynamic ropes, is too pricey for me. But I noticed you can get static stuff much cheaper. So my question is, is there a way you can add something like, I dunno, maybe a rubber inner tube, something springy, to soften the impact on the static rope? Kind of like a bungee jump cord? Or maybe a DIY "screamer" energy absorber by sewing webbing together? Keep in mind I'm only going to treat this like an ejection seat: a risky second chance that could completely fail. I will NOT be using it to actually climb the slope or repel.
we use simple static rope setups all the time at any angle up to 45 degrees in the fire service, including for hauling patients in stretchers. You can't really soften the impact but you also probably won't need to. Dynamic rope is a 10-40% stretch when it's shock loaded (big fall) because the load adds up really fast. Falling on a static rope as long as there isn't much slack is super good enough
Advice taken.
The fire service is also likely the best model for the sorts of stuff I want to do any ways.
Got the pics. Let me screen shot and I'll deliver.
Could have been a lot better but it was fun and now that I have had some hands on I can learn better stuff.
https://files.catbox.moe/62dhpq.3gp
Sent from phone to phone.
Zoomed in on.
Screen shot.
Cropped.
So yes the image sucks.
what the frick are you doing, why did you have to zoom THAT much? 0/10, op did not deliver.
i delivered better photos with my nokia brick phone.
you're going to off yourself like that anon
post gear
I hope you did some basic research, and didn't just get some popular junk on amazon.
https://mytrailco.com/best-climbing-gear
Basic.
You can google best specific gear.
I at least hope you have some elbow/knee pads, gloves and a helmet, with some really, really good strong rope.
Strong rope yes.
The rest is cheap Amazon stuff and an old glove.
Worked fine didn't need that other stuff.
Learn how to do a carabiner block in case you ever drop your rappell device or fig8
>keep extra devices on hand but also this. (i always keep an extra 8 and atc for fricky wuckies)
>true but if you get into climbing/abseiling its worth the investment and really isn't that expensive
Start by repealing the patriot act, also that whole bullshit law where I can't rape my wife.
Thanx frend
Crazy thought. Do you reckon a car recovery strap would work as a dynamic rope? They're supposed to have some springiness
one is a level of springiness for a 2+ tonne 4wd and a dynamic rope is a spring for humans sport climbing on just buy the proper gear. Or better yet just do the research an learn what you need. just realized im replying to a shitpost but i cant be fricked not sending this now since im committed to sending this
>I am going to practice going off my buddies balcony as soon as it arrives.
what the frick does this mean.