This short video is from a recent climbing trip to Golden Tears outside of Dubois, WY. Thanks to Mike Abbey for climbing with me and for shooting the vid!
In it I demonstrate how to coil a climbing rope from the middle of the rope (marked on many ropes). Please excuse the short section of buzzing…that is my camera acting up momentarily. You can use this same technique (butterfly coil) starting with the two ends. The only difference is to start about 10 or 15 feet in from the ends of the rope so you have that to wrap and make the backpack if desired.
I dig doing these climbing tip videos and sharing my knowledge. Will you please drop me a note and let me know what climbing or snowboarding tips you have? What I carry in my pack? How to dress for backcountry snowboarding? Etc…??? Let me know and I will try to do it. You can have a say! Thanks for your input. It is truly appreciated (really, I often wonder if anyone looks at my site, even though Analytics tells me roughly 100 folks a day do).
May you have a wonderful day!
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1 Rocky Vertone // Mar 2, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Can I use that for fishing?
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2 Holt Condren // Mar 8, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Great video Stephen. I’m always looking for better ways to manage my ropes. I’d love to see your tips for managing coils when roped together over snow and ice.
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