How To Climb A Rope Using Prusiks | Climbing Daily Ep.1549

Sometimes you need to know how to get out of a tight spot, with the gear you have on you. In part two of this rope skills series Trevor Messiah show us how to ascend a rope using Prusiks.

How To Climb A Rope Using Prusiks | Climbing Daily Ep.1549

[dougolthof]

Good to see Trev's face here. He's a great dude. If you want to go on an amazing climbing trip somewhere warm, look him up!

[fab]

In Italy we call that knot Machard and Prusick is a similar one, but the sling starts to "wrap" itself from the centre.

[wbymag]

You make it look so easy... When the weather allows it I am going to attempt this for the first time in a back yard tree. I won't be climbing more than a short distance for a while, but it looks like a good place to learn.

[CarnivorousApe]

I feel like using this method would allow even people that would normally have issues climbing ropes ascend safely. Good skill to have.

[Tinhamodic]

Came here to learn about rope management after watching video of how 2 students died from getting entangled with their ropes and was curious how it was possible. Thank you for the detailed video!

[craigmelchiano]

Thank you for the video. You had your foot in the sling in the beginning and it was just one big loop but then it cut and the sling was more like a lasso around your foot. Did I miss something? Can you use it like a big loop or is it better to have that lasso effect?

[rodionovchel]

Nice video! If the upper prusik were slightly longer, it would be easier to ascending.

[DoglinsShadow]

That's incredible! I prefer using my mechanical devices but this is fascinating that it can be done with cord like that!!

[frankprendergast]

We were out practising this at the local crag yesterday. Great instructions btw and all went well until I got to the top. I couldnt progress over the top with the body prussik. For all intents I beach whaled myself hauling on the static rope to get over. Not elegant. Is there a more savvy way to topout on prussiks?

[peaceandprogresswithjimdav]

Tomorrow will be the first time I've done this in fifty years, so well see how it goes. As I recall it, I use a line on each foot. A third line goes to my seat harness to use for resting. I make a 'stirp' from two plastic hoses (one inside the other) to keep the rope from crushing my feet. In the above video, it would be hard to bend my leg so far as to lose the leverage so using two legs I can take smaller and quicker 'steps' up the rope. I will run the lines (at least one of them) through a chest harness to keep me close to the rope. Something along those lines to push my 69 year old body up about 30 feet. Nice voice on the guy in the video, as if southern Americans could understand those Brits anyway. Enjoy.

[WildlifeZambezi]

How do I come down? I’m stuck up a tree

[lawrencemd]

Do you have a demo of clearing the edge once you are at the top?

[myeyowm]

any reason to not use a longer sling or two slings for the foot loop so you could use both feet when pushing up to ascend?

[HeresJonnie]

For the clove hitch backup, do you leave it where it is as you ascend? Or do you take in the rope so it's relatively close to your body and you won't fall too far if both prusiks fail?

[liviocortese]

I have just discovered this technique (I'm new in caving). So, a prusik knot is used as an ascender?

[miwindowguy]

Why wouldn’t you have the foot loop prusik above the harness one like we do in caving frog systems?

[sebastiaanhoenderdos]

Thanks for this video gave me the courage to do it.

Just climbed the 20meter mast of my sailboat

[themeatpopsicle]

I'm so early nobody has even complained about the use of the word "prusik"

[MrBradleya]

I just done this, with 2 60cm slings tied on via a klemheist knot and a footloop tied to the bottom one, its really effective and quiet no clinking of equipment, to get down i just reversed the steps, standing on the footloop while holding the anchor rope and pulling the top klemheist down and so on.

[bikerdude]

I prefer to use a bachman for ascending ropes (crevasse self rescue practice mostly) because when your rope is wet/frozen and your hands are too, or you are wearing gloves, the big carabiners are really nice as handles to break the knot and move it up. Not to mention, it can be tied with only one free end in a pinch. I like a Texas prusik for my feet so I don't have to do a s#!+ ton of pistol squats the whole way up, takes a bit more prep though. Haha