Rappelling Stoney Point

[tannerindafizzouse]

I used to rappel off stoney point, but then I took an arrow in the knee

[sombrasanta]

PETÁCULO MANO, O MAIS BONITO, FOI QUANDO VOCE PAROU E OLHOU PARA BAIXO MANO, EU FIQUEI TODO MOLHADO MANO, QUE HOMEM, MEU HERÓI, ELE VEIO DO CÉU MANO, FAZENDO MERDA MAIS VEIO MANO. PARABÉNS

[markellpool]

@sombrasanta Thank you! I'm very glad that you like it!

[elfideodelagente]

what's the name of the song? incredivle video

[markellpool]

@elfideodelagente Thanks! Learn To Fly by the Foo Fighters

[n2bracing2]

I'm no expert on rapelling I'm just curious, do you just put the harness on backwards to do the "Australian Rapell"?? If someone could answer this for me I'd REALLY appreciate it, thanks!

[markellpool]

@n2bracing2

There is no need to put the harness on backward. I don't really know if there is any danger to doing that but the first possibility I can think of is getting your jewels squished to the point of anguish and crying, and maybe even losing your future family. No bueno. All I've ever done is attach my rescue 8 to the back of the harness. Harnesses have different styles so I would just make sure that the back is as strong as the front.

[markellpool]

@markellpool

PS. Some harnesses have a loop built into the front to attach your 8 to. Not really necessary, this is just a luxury. I would be comfortable attaching the 8 to any portion of the MAIN belt in a harness, as long as it were as strong as the area that I normally connect to up front.

[myPlaygroundEarth]

Nice man

[signevent]

What's your opinion on Joshua tree? A lot of ppl recommend it for rock climbing, but i've never been...

[markellpool]

@signevent J Tree is an amazing place to climb. I recommend the northern part of the park called Indian Cove. (actually that's the only part of the park I've ever visited) It's set up as a camp ground so you'll need to call the park and make a reservation, etc. But it's set up with fire pits and parking spaces per camping spot, etc. You could spend a couple months there and never climb the same route twice. Tons of climbing.

[markellpool]

@PLAlfa I recommend it be done ONLY with static rope. Dynamic ropes tend to have about a 33% stretch factor, they shouldn't be used for rappelling.

[imslimcrazy]

@markellpool yeah, if I used dynamic in my jump I would have been killed, as it was I only got fkd up, haha, its worth watching. on my account.

[01nickm]

you know where mt. baldy is....or better yet what places would be good around LA..... Ill go anywhere i really wanna get the technique down, i know like pretty much everything else like up side down, fast rappel etc... like anytime is good for me...

[markellpool]

@01nickm Let me take some time and think about it. I love rappelling and wish I could go more often but I don't go much anymore unless it's work related. Please take no offense to that, work life in LA is tough right now and getting on the rock takes about half a day. Where do you live? Gotta get to bed, I'll write back tomorrow.

[01nickm]

would u be intrested in going to mt baldy i know this really good canyoning place it has anchors planted in the ground already

[markellpool]

@01nickm Well, work keeps me in the area a lot these days. I'd have to find the time to actually make that happen that far away. What did you have in mind? Making some videos?

[01nickm]

Where do u do this kind of stuff and do u live in southern cali

[markellpool]

@01nickm Socal yes, Los Angeles. This was done at a rock formation called Stoney Point. I've played around at Joshua Tree, Vasquez Rocks and some places in Austin, TX. But I can rappel off anything that can take an anchor. Anything. : )

[01nickm]

I know the figure 8 part but how do u stop on command

[markellpool]

@01nickm Pull the brake hand holding the rope 2 ur chest at the right time. Same way u wud do it if u were going down the cliff butt first. It takes some practice but once u trust the rope and ur anchor system u can do pretty much whatever u want. I saw a group of people on CNN the other day dancing on the side of a high rise building in Dallas. They just tied off and pushed away from the building and moved around. It was pretty cool. Wud hav been much cooler if I were with them! LOL...

[01nickm]

What knotting technique did you use on the repel device

[markellpool]

@01nickm I'm not sure I understand the question. The rappelling device is a rescue 8 which requires no knot, you just feed the rope through the 8, properly. I will say this, however. If you notice at the very end of the clip, the D clip that attaches the 8 to the harness should be through, not only the waist portion of the harness but, also, the part of the harness that goes in between the legs to the back of the butt. That part of the harness came undone and I wasn't aware of it!

[rappellin]

Wow! very nice. Is that you on the video?

[markellpool]

@rappellin Yes, very much me. I set the anchor and the whole system. Glad you like it, thanks!