Simple Rappel Devices

In this video I explain a few simple rappel devices. These are just a small sampling of the many different devices used to descend a rope.

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Education

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• Bushcraft
• Survival
• Outdoors
• Camping
• Hiking
• Backpacking
• climbing
• rappel
• caving
• abseil
• mountaineering
• belay
• carabiner
• rope

[88SouthernMan]

I do this at home

[steintanz]

Interesting 8-ring, the black one.

Thanks for showing! Tim

[dres223]

i learned how to rappel on youtube. i do this all the time at home.

[FOLLWME]

Great video! Thanks for the tutorial.

[pixelgenesis]

Awesome video! Good info!

[PedroDeBandit]

Nice clean instruction - cheers :)

[allclownsareevil]

@DJariko The ears are often described as making locking off easier, but not all rescue 8s have such big ears. As such they don't provide enough width to lock off properly. As the video author is entirely right in what he says, they really are used to stop the rope switching up on itself (creating a girth hitch) when there's no load on the live line.

Thanks for posting this man.

[clarkey1009484]

where is the stitch plate and gri gri? D: 

[Filipmalek1]

awsome video man!

[DJariko]

I believe that the "ears" or "wings" on the rescue 8-ring is meant also to make the locking easier. There is video about it somewhere in here at YouTube