Posted: 11/12/2008 8:15:55 AM EDT
| Anyone know of a good book for rappelling and knot tying??? Thanks |
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Read up all you can, but please take some instruction before you leap. A book is (k)not (haha) enough. Seriously, if anyone wants to go climbing or rappelling in the Red River Gorge region of Kentucky, I'm willing to teach. Maybe we should have a SF camp out there next year... |
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Read up all you can, but please take some instruction before you leap. A book is (k)not (haha) enough. Seriously, if anyone wants to go climbing or rappelling in the Red River Gorge region of Kentucky, I'm willing to teach. Maybe we should have a SF camp out there next year... +1 from someone who has been climbing for over 40 years. still do some but not at the level that I used to. I would probably slow down you young guys.  but if you want an old guy along I would love to climb and rappel the red river gorge.
Thread in Team about our climbing and rappelling Giant City State Park in Southern IL. that Climb was on Nov 8. plan to go back in April and to Hocking Hills in Ohio later in the summer. |
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Go to a local library and check out books on:
Sport Climbing Traditional Climbing (Trad for short) Mountaineering Big wall Climbing That'll give you all the book stuff you will need to know. Next step is to find someone who really knows what they're doing, and go out with them. Check to see if there are any local climbing gyms nearby. Let them know that you're new to the sport, and that you were wondering if they could show you some basics so you don't kill yourself. Almost every climber I've dealt with have been nice and helpful. And like us gun owners, we hate to hear about new people to the sport doing something stupid and getting people killed since it reflects poorly on the sport, so most are very willing to quite literally "show you the ropes". Back when I climbed a lot, I spent most of my time in the gym helping beginning climbers. |
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Read up all you can, but please take some instruction before you leap. A book is (k)not (haha) enough. Seriously, if anyone wants to go climbing or rappelling in the Red River Gorge region of Kentucky, I'm willing to teach. Maybe we should have a SF camp out there next year... +1 from someone who has been climbing for over 40 years. still do some but not at the level that I used to. I would probably slow down you young guys. but if you want an old guy along I would love to climb and rappel the red river gorge.
Thread in Team about our climbing and rappelling Giant City State Park in Southern IL. that Climb was on Nov 8. plan to go back in April and to Hocking Hills in Ohio later in the summer. Thanks for the link, and my offer still stands. I think if things are going well for me next year, I'm going to plan a SF camping trip to the RRG. |
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+1 Bruce smith built my ropewalker system. He knows his stuff!!! |
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Go to a local library and check out books on: Sport Climbing Traditional Climbing (Trad for short) Mountaineering Big wall Climbing That'll give you all the book stuff you will need to know. Next step is to find someone who really knows what they're doing, and go out with them. Check to see if there are any local climbing gyms nearby. Let them know that you're new to the sport, and that you were wondering if they could show you some basics so you don't kill yourself. Almost every climber I've dealt with have been nice and helpful. And like us gun owners, we hate to hear about new people to the sport doing something stupid and getting people killed since it reflects poorly on the sport, so most are very willing to quite literally "show you the ropes". Back when I climbed a lot, I spent most of my time in the gym helping beginning climbers. the closest climbing gym for me is about 200 feet from the house.... in my barn. wall isn't real big (10 ft wide by 15 ft high) but enough to get some practice and exercise. We practice rappelling off the silo. that is 44 ft 
The courses have been changed sicne this picture was taken. the right one is more difficult now and the left side is easier for the small kids. my grandsons and the neighbor kids love to come and climb with me. my 3 year old grandson thinks the belay ride back down is great. the right side is also set up for lead climbing as well as top rope. When it is finished it will be 20 feet at the top and will have a roof section. |
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After you get a book, get yourself a 6 foot piece of 7mm/8mm rope and start practicing your knot tieing. I have a phobia about plunging to my death because someone didn't tie the anchor lines correctly. I always had to look over the anchor setup before going off. That said, back when rappeling was allowed at Jumping Off Rock in the upper SC mountains, we had no responses to the area for injuries related to it. I guess the sport jumpers knew what they were doing.
RS |