Rock Exotica Totem vs Camp Ovo vs Butterfly Knot

Here is a free course featuring Brent Roth about different ways to set up rappels through a canyon. This considers ease of rigging, abrasion, ease of rescue and how efficient it is to move people through the canyon.

Episodes 1-5 show the systems,
Episode 6 shows how it can all be done with 1 device,
Episodes 7-8 are friction tests,
Episodes 9-10 are break tests of the hardware and the knot blocks.
All the episodes are in the textbook

Introduction
01:14 - Setting up the twin system
03:30 - The twin rope isolated static system
06:07 - Drawbacks of this system
09:29 - The twin rope isolated releasable system
12:48 - Why this system is superior in rescue operation
14:18 -About the Textbook
15:20 - Stitch blade device
20:24 - Alternatives if one does not know the twin system
22:02 - Another version of Camp ovo totem
24:30 - Flack against Joker’s simple
29:32 - Test time for Ryan
33:06 - Tying the knot the right way
36:45 - Testing the rappel
38:56 - Outro

[m.agilnajib]

Why am I even watching this. I never do outdoor activities, let alone climbing, just an average joe with a desk job. But this is fun stuff, 10 minutes in and i thought its explained really well, I think I'll stick around.

[uploadsnstuff]

The level of expertise and quality of knowledge going around in this video is absolutely mind bending. The number of situations and years of experience that leads to that kind of discussion can't be emphasized enough. Thanks a lot for making this kind of videos.

[davidsnaz]

Excellent method of tying the Alpine butterfly. This turns it into a process of muscle memory instead of having to see what's happening with each step.

[mattbaker]

Awesome guys, thanks. I really like the way that butterfly is tied, gotta find the timestamp and go practice that one.

3:40 for the first example
33:06 for the slowed down explanation

[honorharrington]

This is the first video of yours I have watched. From an outsiders, non climbers viewpoint I was able to follow the lesson and understand the whys and hows. The only point I had trouble with was Releasable. I was thinking releasable as in 'able to recover the rope from the ground' rather than 'able to let out rope to reduce chafing'. Once I realized that the last man would re-rig to descend without leaving hardware behind it all made sense. I imagine those hardware pieces are expensive. Kudos to you all for giving to your community and helping to ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable adventure!

[medpacsherpa]

I have been a fly on the wall for a few of your videos. I love them. But this was the first of the canyoning videos that I ran into. Great video. Scared the s... Out of me. As a low level ice climber the systems just hit me in the face. I could see the use, and realise when I should have used it. Thank you for the video, I will hunt for the rest of the series

[TheRopeAccessChannel]

This is so good! The amount of information and knowledge shared in only this video is great! The whole serie is going to be awesome!
If you understand the principles you can create your own methods. Exactly the way I like to teach my rope access courses! Principles over methods👍🏼👍🏼

[STRsteve]

Brent needs his own channel. I'll watch whatever he puts out there.

[jacktrussler]

Absolutely in love with this "corset" learning so much and it's as entertaining as I'd expect from such great personalities :)

[pacodelaguardia]

Dude this is all i've been studying but on a single video explanation, awesome content!

[jameshuntsman]

I spent most of my adult life climbing, did a few canyoneering excursions. A climbing friend and I did a canyoneering thing in Zion called mystery canyon. At the end we rode the Zion shuttle back to our car. I looked at him and said that felt weird, it was like doing the decent with out actually doing the climb. To fix this problem we quickly went up the road and climbed a 3 pitch route called headache above the Zion tunnel. Saved us from total melt down.

[jonflannery]

There’s a double twist, tuck the loop thru/between the twists to tie that ABK. As I understand it that knot is a little more Omni-directional in terms of how you can load the loop and strands. Sweet content guys thanks for sharing this series.

[andyboheler]

I have loved the videos and the camp stitch plate for years now very versatile, cheap, and lightweight. Keep up the great work, you have a great team!!!

[PeterDrinnan]

I always put a stopper knot in the end of my ropes, even when not needed as a good habit. Good habits may save me some time if I get distracted.

[cjwaasdorp]

33:06 is the best alpine butterfly. Mind blown. Never going to tie it the other ways again. Might need to clip that as a dedicated short...

[AZDesertExplorer]

LOVE my Totem, no plans on getting a tattoo of it though. Lol

[RadDadisRad]

I watched this whole video. This is very informative.

[linzh]

Thank you so much for the effort and free courses yout put up!

I know it isn't relavant to this video, but I really would like to know the feeling you get whilest on a rope swing. Is it the same feeling as a stomach drop you feel on a rollar coaster? Is it the same feeling as skydiving?

Thanks for the answer, and thank you so much for all the great content!

[onelastcast]

I just love how you say "you have to have a brain". Common sense is not that common. LOL! I love this.

[blazeweaver]

OK, the joker is releasable, which means I can pull my rope out when I get down. But I'd be leaving 2-8's 4 biners and a sling at the anchor? Is this just to send the group so you could lower/rescue the less experienced? Then you'd clean all the gear and rap down... answered my own question, you've definitely got me thinking...