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Basic advise needed 26-Jul-2004 At 10:59:34 AM Dino8943

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Ok, had my first experience with climbing a rope today ( : Yeah Im still Alive!

Basicaly I started of with some very low risk situations like climbing up a 10 ft high tree branch and then decending using the same 2 prusik knots.. Also practiced my repelling skills on a very slight slope and moved up in incraments to a vertical 25 ft branch. I learnt a lot today.. and thanks to this board I did it safely.

Some things Im conidering for next time :

1.More prusik knots - I only had two, I think having a few extra would be a good Idea incase I drope one.

2. Another 50' 11mm cord - I learnt the hard way that once a knot is tight on a branch pretty much the only way to get it down is to undo the knot. I originaly thought that by tying an extra piece of rope to the main rope,(where it loops around the branch) I would be able to pull it loose.. but this wasnt the case, I had to cimlb back up the rope, straddle the branch and untie the knot... then jump down (luckily the branch was only about 15 ft).. but if it had been higher I would have had to cut my rope, So in using an extra 50' of rope I will be able to set everything up in a more manageable way.
Im going to try tying the main anchor at ground level, then toss the rope around the branch.

3. GLOVES!!!!!!!! - Again learning things the hard way

4. More accessory rope - to pull up my camera gear and anything else, Im sure it will come in handy.

Thanks again for helping me do this safely.

Dino