Climbing tips and tricks

[Eric H-L]

I started out on a chilly early morning with a light pile jacket. As the sun rose I got overheated. Any tips for heat management when you have a variety of temperatures in one climb?

 

[SeanKroll]

Start cold.

Climb a little and unzip or delayer.

 

[Burnham]

Multiple thin layers is the way...shed as needed. May well need to add some back as level of exertion changes.

 

[cory]

Interesting!

 

[flushcut]

Nice little trick.

 

[cory]

Agreed, a fun trick, though in the app shown, wouldn't it be superior in most every way to simply use lanyard and spur downward to the site of next cut?

 

[SeanKroll]

A bad joint or such can be saved.

 

[flushcut]

Down side is you have to strip 3x as much slack before resetting.

 

[Bodean]

U guys just leave a 8 foot tail then pull the alpine to you when you get comfy at your next lower cut.

 

[Mick!]

I just use a flipline, with the lifeline round the tree as back up, move them both down at the same time if possible.

 

[friedrich]

I just use a flipline, with the lifeline round the tree as back up, move them both down at the same time if possible.

same except my lifeline is chocked srt. only time i rappel down is when the stem is annoying to spike/climb, full of ivy maybe

 

[cory]

same except my lifeline is chocked srt.

then how do you get it down to you if it is choked, just flip it back and forth a bit until it loosens enough?

 

[Bodean]

pull the 8 foot tail of the alpine

 

[friedrich]

then how do you get it down to you if it is choked, just flip it back and forth a bit until it loosens enough?

i use a running bowline. if i wanna pull it down i tie another bowline around the tail of my rope (rope on rope, carabiner would be cleaner) that way i can rappel down a third of my rope length.

i can make a picture to clear things up?

 

[cory]

Sure! I get what Bodean is saying but not positive what you are saying