Rope evening
A great evening had by all.
With a group of 6 folk all on the verge if RCI assessment we had a peer evening of ropework.
Everyone paired up and built anchors for belay’s, built releasable abseils, and got to see how other people build the same.
It was a fantastic learning opportunity, 6 people, all enthusiastic, all bursting with interest and new found knowledge.
so a couple of acronyms we talked about
IDEAS – Independent – each leg
Direction (see ABC below),
Equalised., sharing the load,
Angle, keep angle between legs < 90
Secure – rock quality.
ABC is Anchor Belayer Climber – for top roping (i guess for bottom roping as well) Keep all three in a straight line as thats what will happen under load.
Americans like ERNESTA
Equalised, Redundant, Non-Extending, Secure, Timely, Angles
there are some others (eg REST – redundant, equal, shockload, tight!) but notice no D in the americans, some ERNEST no A but IDEAS missses NE, but that can be ‘combined’ in I+E or swap secure (take that as given) for shockload.
We run these sessions every few months, and i am already looking forward to the next
If your new to climbing outdoors, but competent indoors, we run a great Gym to crag session.