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brotherbbock
Dec 18, 2006, 1:36 AM
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What it is my brothers and sisters. Me and my buddy are going down to potrero chico in a couple of weeks to climb timewave zero. The route is 23 pitches and I have heard the best way to rap the thing is to simul rap in order to do it in a timely manner. I personally have never simul rapped before and was wondering what suggestions/concerns my fellow climbing brethren might have for brotherbbock. I was either going to use my atc or perhaps use a grigri. I am open to suggestions. Thanks everybody. Climb On!
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stevej
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Recently I did a simul rap from Levitation 29 in red rocks, all 11 pitches with just one 70 meter rope. We used grigris. It worked perfectly. My partner for this had done Timewave zero, and used this same technique on that route also. A 70 just barely makes it on that route. The thing to remember is, always make sure there are nots tied into the end of the rope, and that you both are loading the strands of the rope at all times. ie, both you and your partner have your weight on your grigris, or the anchor, but not one on the rope and one on the anchor. With me? I would not recommend ATC, because you will not have enough friction, escpecially since you will be going on just one strand, and as you get toward the end of the rope, it will be very hard to hold the brake end. Grigris are awesome for this cause you can just let go and relax if it starts getting hot. If you are doing timewave in the next few weeks, you will have to simul many pitches also, and still go fast just to make it down before it gets really dark. Best of luck. ps. remember to untie the knots from the rope ends before you pull it!
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wanlessrm
Dec 18, 2006, 1:52 AM
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What are the two ropes your going to use? Big rope through the chains first. Communication will be most important as well as managing rap station clusterfuck. I know lots of people who carry 6mm line instead of bringing two ropes. If you do that practice first its a bitch to controll speed.
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I never heard of simul rap, I done simul climb but I am guessing your using 2 rope each 60 or 70 meter to rap . Gri Gri is for single rope system and I personally found it unsafe for rap ( Do not want to argue with n00bs on this). Use ATC or 8 or rack. Best luck on your climbing adventure.
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brotherbbock
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Sounds good steve. Couple more questions; Were you guys side by side as you rapped or was one of you guys higher that the other? Also when you reach the anchors do you just continue to weight the rope until both of you are there, or does on person anchor off before the other? Im just trying to visualize the physics of it all. Thx!
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brotherbbock
Dec 18, 2006, 1:57 AM
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We are using a 70 meter 10.2 mm rope.
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wanlessrm
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Maybe your the noob! It is a single rope system!
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I've simul rapped often, including at PC. One thing I would stress is to use an autoblock, like a klemheist tied below the rappel device. Especially if you use a thinner line, it helps to increase the friction. Not only that, if your partner is knocked unconscious he will not rap off the rope. Of course, a gri gri will do the same, but it is a redundant factor in a potentially scary situation.
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wanlessrm
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Both of you weight the rope till both are tied in and safe. If you comes off early the other goes by by. Communication is the key. I rap side by side if possible to avoid kicking any loose rock on my partner since speed is what your going for.
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wanlessrm wrote: Maybe your the noob! It is a single rope system! I am but do not tell any one.
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brotherbbock wrote: Sounds good steve. Couple more questions; Were you guys side by side as you rapped or was one of you guys higher that the other? Also when you reach the anchors do you just continue to weight the rope until both of you are there, or does on person anchor off before the other? Im just trying to visualize the physics of it all. Thx! We were just above one another. As in his feet were about a meter or so above my head. That way, you are not bouncing off one another like all those gumbies you see windchiming after they clean the draws from certain routes... but that's another tale. When we reached each anchor, i would clip in with my sling (girth hitched to belay loop with locker on anchor end), still weighting the grigri. Once my partner clipped into the anchor, only then did I unweight the rope and grigri. Then we thread one end of the rope thru the current anchor, and pull it down. This way, we make sure we do not drop the rope, and also have a chance to center it on the anchor and retie the overhand knots at the ends. The overhand knots also theoretically prevent death if one of us was to lose control on the rappel somehow.
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brotherbbock
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Thx steve, I think I got a good idea of your guys technique, sounds like it will work out nicely.
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majid_sabet wrote: I never heard of simul rap, I done simul climb but I am guessing your using 2 rope each 60 or 70 meter to rap . Gri Gri is for single rope system and I personally found it unsafe for rap ( Do not want to argue with n00bs on this). Use ATC or 8 or rack. Best luck on your climbing adventure. Never heard of simul rapping and you are calling people noobs? Thanks for the advice Borat, I will bring my "rack" to rappel next time...
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steve, I send you pm
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wanlessrm
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Steve I think he has you on this one! (rack)
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stevej wrote: majid_sabet wrote: I never heard of simul rap, I done simul climb but I am guessing your using 2 rope each 60 or 70 meter to rap . Gri Gri is for single rope system and I personally found it unsafe for rap ( Do not want to argue with n00bs on this). Use ATC or 8 or rack. Best luck on your climbing adventure. Never heard of simul rapping and you are calling people noobs? Thanks for the advice Borat, I will bring my "rack" to rappel next time... Borat, bwahahahahaha, ahhh, yer slaying me here, excellent.
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I've done this in times where, for one reason or another, we needed to get down in a timely fashion. It is not particulalry safe, and i try and avoid it if possible. That said, Stevel's post seems right on. We did it with atc's (well a trango piramid in my case...dig those cooling fins) and it does work but a gri gri (or back up knot) would increase the safety margin. I have also done it with a partner signifigantly (40 lbs) lighter tha me. Rope slippage was a bit of an issue. Have a good time in mexico.
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ryanb wrote: I've done this in times where, for one reason or another, we needed to get down in a timely fashion. It is not particulalry safe, and i try and avoid it if possible. That said, Stevel's post seems right on. We did it with atc's (well a trango piramid in my case...dig those cooling fins) and it does work but a gri gri (or back up knot) would increase the safety margin. I have also done it with a partner signifigantly (40 lbs) lighter tha me. Rope slippage was a bit of an issue. Have a good time in mexico. Why it is not safe ?
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It essentially doubles the failure modes of normall rappeling and makes the two climbers entirely reliant on each other. With the right partner and in the right situation that can be acceptable but I prefer to avoid it in most situatons. I would advise thinking about it and makeing your own decision.
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ryanb wrote: It essentially doubles the failure modes of normall rappeling and makes the two climbers entirely reliant on each other. With the right partner and in the right situation that can be acceptable but I prefer to avoid it in most situatons. I would advise thinking about it and makeing your own decision. I done in a much better and safer way however I do not want to share the detail cause you still got two people on a same system.
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It's really dangerous. We recently had a top South African female climber who fell while simulrapping. Her partner abbed off the end of rope and she fell about 12m, cracking her helmet and her jaw. She is a very accomplished climber, she climbed Trango Towers, the central tower of pain and many other routes. This accident happend at one of our small local crags. (By the way, the mistake was mainly due to her climber not tighing a knot in the end of the rope.... so check your partner as he directly affects you.) Basicaly I see it as a catch-22 you want to simul-rap to save time. But if you are trying to save time in a panicked or hurried situation you are likely to make a mistake and simul-rapping is unforgiving to mistakes.
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gonzo wrote: It's really dangerous. We recently had a top South African female climber who fell while simulrapping. Her partner abbed off the end of rope and she fell about 12m, cracking her helmet and her jaw. She is a very accomplished climber, she climbed Trango Towers, the central tower of pain and many other routes. This accident happend at one of our small local crags. (By the way, the mistake was mainly due to her climber not tighing a knot in the end of the rope.... so check your partner as he directly affects you.) Basicaly I see it as a catch-22 you want to simul-rap to save time. But if you are trying to save time in a panicked or hurried situation you are likely to make a mistake and simul-rapping is unforgiving to mistakes. This is going to be one hot topic, so far my favorit, keep it coming Dr. Phil are you with us?
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majid_sabet wrote: I never heard of simul rap Use ATC or 8 or rack.
majid_sabet wrote: ryanb wrote: It essentially doubles the failure modes of normall rappeling and makes the two climbers entirely reliant on each other. With the right partner and in the right situation that can be acceptable but I prefer to avoid it in most situatons. I would advise thinking about it and makeing your own decision. I done in a much better and safer way however I do not want to share the detail cause you still got two people on a same system. SO you go from never hearing of it, to an expert in a page??? hahaha! Oh Majid, good to see you haven't changed. I'd say go for it, but make sure both you and your partner backup your raps, or use grigri's. Like one of the first replys said, there will be less friction, and the ride will be quicker....so use 2 biners in those ATC's, or go with the grigri's. I simul-rap on slabs most often; with a b52 on 10mm-ish ropes I don't need the 2 biners, but I do use a backup. I'd give it a practice on some slabs if you get a chance, all backed up and such. The real trick to it weight and unweight the ropes at the same time to get the counterbalance to work...if your using 2 ropes and have the junction knot, then you can load the "non-pull" rope first, have the junction knot jam on the rings, then have the other climber weight their side. You'll have to unweight the ropes at the same time when you get to the next station. Some people like to teather themselves to their partner with a cordelette or a few long slings. Whether you do or not shouldn't matter much, I've done it both ways and haven't had a problem with it either way. There are also some tricks to share the same belay device on doubled ropes, but I don't think it'd be of any advantage to you here...worth learning though if you get an injured partner or something. Just be careful, and it'll help get you down a lot quicker. Cheers, Jim
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If I my reiterate a couple points already made, then offer you a near death experience. 1. Use a backup klemheist or other friction knot to safely descend. 2. NEVER get off the rope until you are absolutely sure both of you are anchored. 3. GriGri aren't necessary, just use an appropriate device with sufficient friction for rope size, and use the backup. 4. COMMUNICATE! at all stages of the rappel. That means staying close together. It doesn't need to be side by side or one above the other. It isn't a good idea for one party to get too far ahead of the other. Now my quick tale. Rapping off of Serenity Crack in Yosemite. Party of 3. Two of us simul rap, the 3rd guy comes down alone. Last rap to ground we are yucking it up and completely oblivious to what we are doing. My simul-partner goes on down ahead of me. He gets down so fast that I fail to realize the he is almost off the rope as I'm getting on. He assumed I was rapping with the other guy, I assume he's waiting for me. I lean back as he's getting off and zippppppppp........ I fall about 20 feet. My buddy at the anchor realized what was happening and grabbed the rope. Stopped my 130 foot plunge, rope burned his hands in the process. Saved my life. DO NOT FUCK AROUND WITH THIS METHOD! Know exactly what you are doing BEFORE you do it and COMMUNICATE all the way down, with backups. You should have no problems.
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rickoldskool wrote: DO NOT FUCK AROUND WITH THIS METHOD! Know exactly what you are doing BEFORE you do it and COMMUNICATE all the way down, with backups. You should have no problems. Be nice This jim bob is not going to like your tone of voice when it comes to word "Death" especially when ATC or Gri Gri is involved. You see "Death " only happens to n00bs with lack of experience. This guys are way out there up in to advance PHD stuff. There are no such thing as F$CK Up in climbing.
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jimdavis wrote: Some people like to teather themselves to their partner with a cordelette or a few long slings. Whether you do or not shouldn't matter much, I've done it both ways and haven't had a problem with it either way. I beg to differ..., or better, to ask for clarification. I did simul rapping with a professional guide just one time (so, almost no experience) and he insisted that keeping tied to each other was a key safety measure. For me it makes a lot of sense. Any sh*t happening with one climber will not unload the rope. The other safety measures are the ones you´ll need in regular rappels, like friction backup knots, tying rope´s ends, etc... So, in this case I don´t think that tying to each other is irrelevant. Care to talk about?
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hmmm. I could see tethering to one another in a guide/client situation, especially if the client had very little rappelling experience. Otherwise I can't see how this would increase the safety margin, provided you were both using prussic backups, staying close enough to communicate, etc. I think the OP's question was answered fairly well early on though. I've used my atc to simulrap an had no problems with the friction on a 10.2. Can't say anything about ropes of skinnier diameters. A prussic and/or glove will make your life safer and more comfortable if you are rapping more than a few pitches. Also good advice about threading the rope through the bottom anchor, or otherwise tethering it somehow before pulling through the top anchor. Getting the weight transferred on the anchor takes a little bit of concentration, but it isn't all that difficult. I think using a prussic backup here will also help you to avoid the whole dropping your partner scenario because once you get to the anchor there is one more step to help you remember there is still weight on the line.
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I do it all the time. It's perfectly safe if you take a few simple precautions, and safer than rapping one at a time in a more than one situation I can imagine. 1. Tie knots in the ends of both ropes. 2. Both partners use either an auto-locking device or have an autoblock back-up. (Both partners do not need to have the same device.) If you're not using an autolocker and you're worried about not having enough control over the descent, add an extra biner under the device to increase friction. 3. Communicate your intentions clearly to weight and unweight the system, especially when leaving and arriving at anchors.
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Some things to consider. Using two ropes? Consider taking one 70m. During the rap, the longer raps are nice, but you also are laying out a lot more rope that could get lodged when you pull it. A 70 takes the knot out of the equation as well as not having to drag up a 2nd rope. Your group might rap together on two though? Gri? Advise against using the ATC for simu-rap is unfounded. You belay with the thing, on a single strand, so you can simu-rap with it. While the Gri is great, it is not a lock, and should be backed up accordingly. Thinking that you can just let go and it will stop you is just asking for an accident. Keep your brake hand on at all times. Teathering together? During windy situations, rope strands can get stuck off your rap line and you might need to pendi off to one side to dislodge the rope. Rather difficult with two guys tied together. Just stick close and communicate. Safety of a Simu-rap? I think so long as you pay attention to what your doing and you have bomber anchors to rap off. There is no better way to get off the rock. Saving so much time. Just double check everything and communicate. My experience. Climbing Wolf Will Survive, and it got dark before the final pitch, so we backed off. Another group of six rapping Estrellita. The time it took to climb the three pitches of WWS and subsquently rap all the way back down, the Estrellita group had managed to rap down a single pitch. Have fun, climb safe, and take your headlamps. Simu-rap is the way to go for sure.
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Jung, How is simo rapping safer?? I have done it before but prefer not to. Twice the load on the system and twice the chance of something going wrong. Especialy would not want to do it in the dark. I have rapped off some pretty big climbs in the dark and prefer to be methodical and safe than fast and dead.
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The results of a simul-rapping failure are such that you won't be hearing much from people for whom it hasn't worked, so I'd view the favorable opinions as coming from a pretty biased sample. You are adding additional danger points to an activity which is already terminally unforgiving of small mistakes. We hear its fine "as long as..." and then comes a list of things you better not screw up. Don't forget that you are adding a new bunch of items to the already-existing list of things you better not screw up. New ways to get the chop. For how much gain? I suspect most of the time taken in rappelling is used up at the anchors. The actual descending part of a 30 meter rappel takes perhaps a minute and a half. Thus the time actually spend descending 20 rappels is about 30 minutes per person, and so the conventional rapping pair gets down about a half an hour later. Maybe a bit less than that if the simul-rapping pair takes additional time for their precautions. For ten rappels we're talking about a fifteen minute gain in arrival time. I think it is worth asking whether arriving at the ground fifteen or thirty minutes earlier is worth the additional risk of a much more rapid arrival at the ground. In most cases, including many that involve the onset of darkness, my answer would still be no.
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After reading all of this it seems grigri's are the way to go with knots tied in the ends of the ropes of course. Don't let go of those brake hands either! Speed is our goal, we want to get up and down in one day. I love all of you!!
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Good points rgold, now you are really f-ing with my head. I wasn't planning on simul-rapping all 23 pitches anyway. Ones that are traversing are probably better to do alone. And you are right most time is spent at the anchors. We will just have to see how fast we intially climb up the route and then I guess determine what we want to do. We will obviously go practice this technique on our recon/beta gathering day anyway. We have headlamps and are going to bring jackets etc., so we should be prepared for whatever goes down.
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If you are planing on switching up between simo and standard rap that is just one more chance to screw up. Remember that at the end of a long day you are often fried mentaly. perfect time to zip off the end of the rope and say oh $shit!! I though we were simo rapping this pitch. Simo rapping is the last thing I would do on the tail end of a stressfull big climb. But that is just me. do whatever you want....
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a saftey benifit of the simu-rap if climbing w/ a noob is you can fireman the simu-team on the raps by holding their rope from below aswell.
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No noobs on a 23 pitch climb with a 12a crux at the 21st pitch.
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lightrack wrote: a saftey benifit of the simu-rap if climbing w/ a noob is you can fireman the simu-team on the raps by holding their rope from below aswell. I see first have 1 dude rap so he could hold both ends then let the other two do combat turbo rap.I am such a n00b, how come i did not think of this.
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simu-rapping is just as safe as a normal rap. if you can send a 23 pitch .12a then a simple simurap should be no big deal. ive used the simu many times, mostly w/ experienced ppl but w/ ppl who have never rappeled before so i just hooked em' up on simu, and we rapped 3 (fireman belay) double ropes no prob...its a simple, safe, and time saving technique; youv'e even got 2 sets of eyes on every rap setup.
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majid_sabet wrote: lightrack wrote: a saftey benifit of the simu-rap if climbing w/ a noob is you can fireman the simu-team on the raps by holding their rope from below aswell. I see first have 1 dude rap so he could hold both ends then let the other two do combat turbo rap.I am such a n00b, how come i did not think of this. sorry, let me clarify, when simu rapping i go 4 feet below my partner, and hold both his line and mine, we go at a normal pace and if he lets go i have his brake line.
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lightrack wrote: majid_sabet wrote: lightrack wrote: a saftey benifit of the simu-rap if climbing w/ a noob is you can fireman the simu-team on the raps by holding their rope from below aswell. I see first have 1 dude rap so he could hold both ends then let the other two do combat turbo rap.I am such a n00b, how come i did not think of this. sorry, let me clarify, when simu rapping i go 4 feet below my partner, and hold both his line and mine, we go at a normal pace and if he lets go i have his brake line. I see, so your parner has 2 ropes cause you said you are holding both his line, and yours ,assuming you got 1 line. so your both hands are busy holding few rops but then, how do you rap and where is the third hand or may be your partner is using his hand to lower your rap ? I am confused.
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erin
Dec 18, 2006, 6:42 PM
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stevej wrote: I would not recommend ATC, because you will not have enough friction, escpecially since you will be going on just one strand, and as you get toward the end of the rope, it will be very hard to hold the brake end. Grigris are awesome for this cause you can just let go and relax if it starts getting hot. We simul rap c ATC's all the time. The rather obvious solution to the problem you stated is to use a autoblock or other friction knot. Then you can let go of the brake end if need be. I usually keep one hand on the autoblock as we rap, and this keeps my hand from feeling rope burn as we move quickly down the rope.
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lightrack
Dec 18, 2006, 6:50 PM
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i havnt been on the rc mania for awhile now, forgot how it worked.... simu rapping is two ppl on a normal rap setup. (one rope, or two tied together). the difference is one person per side of the anchor, ie a counterwieght. each person just has one rope running through their belay. (atc is the way to go) So that the team doesnt want crash into each other on the way down it is preffered that one person is slightly lower than the other durring the rap; since i ussally go below, i have the chance to use the fireman on my scetchy partners side aswell, my rope in my right hand, her rope in my left, and that same rope in her right hand (though she is four or five feet above me) everything is a normal simu rap set; only difference is ive got my hands on both ropes...ie the FIREMAN hope this helps, if not the 3 rope triple simu might be the way to go.
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jrzacher
Dec 18, 2006, 6:55 PM
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I always thought it was a good idea to take a long length of sling and clip it securley to a climber, and then clip it to the scnd climber. That way you have some back up. and keeps you level .
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majid_sabet
Dec 18, 2006, 7:01 PM
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lightrack wrote: i havnt been on the rc mania for awhile now, forgot how it worked.... if not the 3 rope triple simu might be the way to go. I feel safer with three rope system cause this way you always got some extra rope in case some thing happens. thanks, i want to try this with one of friends from gym, may be do it this weekend and let you know.
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j_ung
Dec 18, 2006, 7:13 PM
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rgold wrote: You are adding additional danger points to an activity which is already terminally unforgiving of small mistakes. We hear its fine "as long as..." and then comes a list of things you better not screw up. Don't forget that you are adding a new bunch of items to the already-existing list of things you better not screw up. New ways to get the chop. For how much gain? IMO, in less than optimal conditions -- windy, rainy, cold, dehydrated, injured-but-conscious partner -- or any other time when communication is imperative and yet not a foregone conclusion, keeping the partners together has substantial value. Aren't those conditions that often contribute to the too-common rap accidents to which you're referring? These are the times I alluded to above, in which I think simulrapping may actually be safer than solo. If you accept that such a situation exists, then I think you also have to accept that practicing it under optimal conditions may have some merit. I can think one time in which my wife and I were rapping from Chrimson Chrysalis in RR, a notorious rope eater. I won't get into the details how, unless you really want me to, but I managed to get the rope stuck about thirty feet under me. I was at the anchor below, she was at the one above and I was unable to give her slack to hook up her device. I was also unable to communicate with her due to high winds and drizzle. And we couldn't see each other. The weather was obviously in a downward spiral and it took me some time to get down to free the rope. The whole time I had trouble concentrating -- all I could think of was my wife alone and confused, not knowing what was happening and unable to get down to me to find out. It was one of the most terrifying moments in my climbing life. Had we been simulrapping to eliminate the communication problem from the get go, we would have avoided a lot of terror. Luckily, neither us compunded the situation by committing further errors. We simulrapped the rest of the way down and made it back to the car just as the weather completely let go on us. That was the night 80 mph winds and heavy rain destroyed the tent city at the Red Rock Rendezvous.
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j_ung
Dec 18, 2006, 7:17 PM
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j_ung wrote: I do it all the time. It's perfectly safe if you take a few simple precautions, and safer than rapping one at a time in a more than one situation I can imagine. 1. Tie knots in the ends of both ropes. 2. Both partners use either an auto-locking device or have an autoblock back-up. (Both partners do not need to have the same device.) If you're not using an autolocker and you're worried about not having enough control over the descent, add an extra biner under the device to increase friction. 3. Communicate your intentions clearly to weight and unweight the system, especially when leaving and arriving at anchors. I also want to add that, in so far as the as-long-as-you list above is concerned, only the third is something I don't normally do when rappelling solo. So, I'm really only adding additional communication to the system -- communication that occurs when the two partners are right next to each other, not separated by a rope length.
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majid_sabet
Dec 18, 2006, 8:12 PM
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j_ung wrote: j_ung wrote: I do it all the time. It's perfectly safe if you take a few simple precautions, and safer than rapping one at a time in a more than one situation I can imagine. 1. Tie knots in the ends of both ropes. 2. Both partners use either an auto-locking device or have an autoblock back-up. (Both partners do not need to have the same device.) If you're not using an autolocker and you're worried about not having enough control over the descent, add an extra biner under the device to increase friction. 3. Communicate your intentions clearly to weight and unweight the system, especially when leaving and arriving at anchors. I also want to add that, in so far as the as-long-as-you list above is concerned, only the third is something I don't normally do when rappelling solo. So, I'm really only adding additional communication to the system -- communication that occurs when the two partners are right next to each other, not separated by a rope length. Touching The Void Part II By director j_ung
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sspssp
Dec 18, 2006, 9:16 PM
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rgold wrote: For how much gain? I suspect most of the time taken in rappelling is used up at the anchors. The actual descending part of a 30 meter rappel takes perhaps a minute and a half. Thus the time actually spend descending 20 rappels is about 30 minutes per person It would be interesting to time, but I would guess most 30 meter raps take more than 90 seconds. If you are doing a two rope rap, then you could be rapping up to 60 meters which is would take a longer rap (although longer at the anchor also). However, going with the 90 second 30 meter rap... A 30 meter rap might take 90 seconds after both strands are hanging free and clean. You might be able to toss the ropes and end up with clean strands rapping a slab [that has no features]. However, I would say it is very rare that the first one down can make it in 90 seconds because of dealing with the strands on the way down. So the real question is: can two people simul-rapping manage/clean the rope quicker than one alone. With practice, I think they can.
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yokese
Dec 18, 2006, 9:39 PM
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I'm not gonna get into the simul rappel vs. regular rappel debate. I agree that the former, if well performed, has two advantages: speed and keeping the climbers close (even connected). However, for the OP, if you haven't practiced simul-rappelling before, I'd say that 20-something pitches high up, being tired after a long and hard climbing, might not be the best place to find out that the thing may be more complicated than expected.... practice before at your local crag. By the way, how many of you actually say "rapping" instead of "rappelling" (innocent question. Being a non-native english speaker the word "rapping" means something totally different to me).
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sspssp
Dec 19, 2006, 7:19 PM
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yokese wrote: By the way, how many of you actually say "rapping" instead of "rappelling" (innocent question. Being a non-native english speaker the word "rapping" means something totally different to me). I can't speak for english speakers everywhere, but out here in California "rap" and "rapping" are the norm. Someone might say "rappelle", but I rarely hear "rappelling". "Rapping" can also refer to someone singing rap music.
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stl_climber
Dec 19, 2006, 10:02 PM
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In response to OP, we are headed down to PC next week for 10 days. Within the group, I organized for 9 of us, we have discussed Simul Rapping. The general take among 3-4 of the more experienced climbers is that since we do not practice this as a typical strategy; we will not use it unless conditions are perfect. I would consider being tired, stressed, etc. as non-ideal conditions. It sounds like you are going to practice, and just to add another option to my bag; I am pretty sure I will break this out with one of my partners on some of the easier 4-12/13 pitch climbs. Nice easy climbing to the summit then some technical practice on the way down. TWZ would kill me though. I'd be spent. Pretty sure if I was doing that at my current training level then I'd want the easiest most simplistic rap down and I'd pack two headlamps =p Enjoy EPC. My group is staying in a couple casita's at the entrance to the park. Name is Shaun Loveless and look us up if your around. I'm looking forward to celebrating the new years. SL
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jimdavis
Dec 20, 2006, 5:46 AM
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majid_sabet wrote: lightrack wrote: majid_sabet wrote: lightrack wrote: a saftey benifit of the simu-rap if climbing w/ a noob is you can fireman the simu-team on the raps by holding their rope from below aswell. I see first have 1 dude rap so he could hold both ends then let the other two do combat turbo rap.I am such a n00b, how come i did not think of this. sorry, let me clarify, when simu rapping i go 4 feet below my partner, and hold both his line and mine, we go at a normal pace and if he lets go i have his brake line. I see, so your parner has 2 ropes cause you said you are holding both his line, and yours ,assuming you got 1 line. so your both hands are busy holding few rops but then, how do you rap and where is the third hand or may be your partner is using his hand to lower your rap ? I am confused. Doesn't take much...perhaps someone could sketch this out for Majid...might wanna use crayons so Majid doesn't feel like it's above his head. Make sure to sketch the climbers wearing helmets. Jim
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yokese
Dec 20, 2006, 7:10 PM
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jimdavis wrote: Doesn't take much...perhaps someone could sketch this out for Majid...might wanna use crayons so Majid doesn't feel like it's above his head. Make sure to sketch the climbers wearing helmets. Jim Done! Edited to add some explanations in the sketch.....
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j_ung
Dec 20, 2006, 7:14 PM
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Love the salad bowls.
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jimdavis
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yokese wrote: jimdavis wrote: Doesn't take much...perhaps someone could sketch this out for Majid...might wanna use crayons so Majid doesn't feel like it's above his head. Make sure to sketch the climbers wearing helmets. Jim Done! Edited to add some explanations in the sketch..... god damn do I miss the trophies!!!! post of the year, right there. Jim
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brotherbbock
Dec 21, 2006, 9:32 PM
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That diagram is fricken hilarious!! Nice One.
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brent_e
Dec 21, 2006, 9:43 PM
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majid_sabet wrote: ryanb wrote: It essentially doubles the failure modes of normall rappeling and makes the two climbers entirely reliant on each other. With the right partner and in the right situation that can be acceptable but I prefer to avoid it in most situatons. I would advise thinking about it and makeing your own decision. I done in a much better and safer way however I do not want to share the detail cause you still got two people on a same system. it's also unsafe to be up there longer than you want, too.
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stymingersfink
Dec 26, 2006, 1:33 AM
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when simulrapping i would highly suggest using a 'biner block, and keeping the heavier climber on the side protectied by this block. do you need details?
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tradrenn
Dec 26, 2006, 1:44 AM
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yokese wrote: jimdavis wrote: Doesn't take much...perhaps someone could sketch this out for Majid...might wanna use crayons so Majid doesn't feel like it's above his head. Make sure to sketch the climbers wearing helmets. Jim Done! Brilliant, Fucken brilliant.
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mcgivney_nh
Dec 26, 2006, 3:21 AM
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majid_sabet wrote: wanlessrm wrote: Maybe your the noob! It is a single rope system! I am but do not tell any one. oh, i wish i could rate today... you get a virtual virtual trophy. simul rapping is cake, just dont be dumb, and remmeber to wieght the rope together, as always, communication with your partner is key. -Sean
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