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climbing a rope 22-Nov-2010 At 10:25:03 AM cruze

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There are probably heaps of different ways to ascend. Here is one that assumes you don't have a second prussik (naughty boy - don't forget you can use a sling):

1) Pull up slack rope below the abseil device and tie a figure eight on a bite and clip to belay loop on harness (this is your backup).
2) Unclip figure eight from rope.
3) Clip a biner from your belay loop around the rope (this stabilises your harness when you unweight the prussik as mentioned below).
4) Pull up a section of rope between your prussik and your back up knot and wrap it around your foot so as to create a foothold in the rope.
5) Step up in foot loop to take the weight off the prussik which is attached to your harness.
6) Slide prussik up rope as far as you can while standing in the leg loop
7) Take weight on the prussik
8) Release foot from foothold in rope.
9) Repeat 4) to 8) until you are back to the anchor , retying the back up every now and then so there is less rope out as you ascend.

If you wanted to continue the abseil then try to use a prussik knot that can be manually released under load. Otherwise:

1) Wrap foot around rope below the abseil device
2) Step up in foothold
3) Release prussik knot.
4) Continue to abseil.

Hope that makes sense. Each technique will require a bit of fiddling until you can move efficiently. Please point out any weakness in either technique, or suggest better ones for my benefit.