Cleaning a Bolt Anchor – Rappelling

Cleaning a Bolt Anchor – Rappelling

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[Jawz]

Love the video quality and good tips! Very Well done. Couple points i want to add:

1. Before calling off-belay I would call slack first. that way you weight test your tethering to the anchor, but you're still on-belay in case something fails.
2. Before untying I like to pull a big section of rope through the quickdraws and clove hitch it to my belay loop with a locker. Then untie figure 8 and run the free strand beyond the clove hitch through the rap rings and tie the stopper knot. That way a.) I have more gear for it to past through and reduce the chance of dropping the rope and b.) if the anchors failed for some reason I'm still somewhat secured with a clove hitch on my belay loop should I have to fall on protection below me.
Then I untie the clove hitch, secure the end with the stopper knot to myself and remove quickdraws.
3. Weight test each component before undoing the tethers. test the backup first and the then belay device. Also helps to have a firemans belay at the bottom too if possible.

[BaluRamsha]

great video series so far! been watching the full playlist.

i always put on my third hand first . that way i dont forget it as well it makes it easy to pull some slack for the belay device.
also been using a short extension to keep the system spread apart and manage the rappel nice and smoothly.

[ben-hah-meen]

Don't forget to weight and test your personal anchor before going off belay and your rappel setup before taking yourself off your personal anchor. Also, tying a stopper knot on one end of the rope is pretty useless without tying it on the other end as well, so either do both or neither. Stopper knots are usually unnecessary on single pitches when you have someone on the ground that can tell you your rope has reached the ground. They can also do a fireman belay for you which would obviate the friction hitch.

[AnDrEwGoMeZ]

hiw do you clean if it’s on something overhung and you can’t reach the quickdraws?

[bubbybi]

The non-extended rappel and third hand on the leg loop is extremely outdated and faulty. Don’t do that. Extend your rap device and clip your third hand into your belay loop.

[xavierg]

Using a double length sling doubled up and girth hitched nto the tie in points on the harness leaves you with two loops to clip into either anchor. Would this work? I havent seen it elsewhere to be able to confirm.