How to Big Wall Climb - Back Up Knots when ascending

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Uploaded by on Feb 13, 2010

In this SuperTopo how to big wall climb video, Chris McNamara shows how to tie back up knots when ascending a fixed rope. For more info on aid climbing and big wall gear, check out http://www.supertopo.com/gear

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  • "Hit a ledge and DIE" are you sure? LOL!!

  • @GLORYZERO5 Yep, happened on The Shield on El Capitan off just before the top. There are a number of people who have taken huge falls into space but luckily not hit anything

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  • I've always thought the teeth on ascenders would tear up your rope.

  • Oh dude I apologize if I came across as a

    D- Bag, it's just how you just said it. Yes you are absolutely right about people getting hurt up there it is no joke.

  • @steve02008 They are easy and you are clumsy.. Get off big walls if you are so concerned about a $70 not $100 gri

  • ummm, i disagree. gri-gri costs $100 a pop. theyre not THAT easy to put in the rope, and you take a much greater chance of dropping your gri.

  • Why can't you just weight the end of the rope so the Gri-gri auto feeds all the time?

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