Stephen Koch » stephen koch climbing tips http://stephenkoch.com Professional Speaker, Mountain Guide, Snowboard Instructor, Alpinist and Family Man Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:48:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 SPLITBOARD SKINNING KICK TURN – HOW TO http://stephenkoch.com/2010/04/splitboard-skinning-kick-turn-how-to/ http://stephenkoch.com/2010/04/splitboard-skinning-kick-turn-how-to/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:55:40 +0000 Stephen Koch http://stephenkoch.com/?p=1220

]]> http://stephenkoch.com/2010/04/splitboard-skinning-kick-turn-how-to/feed/ 0 Now You Know – How To Coil A Climbing Rope Video http://stephenkoch.com/2010/02/now-you-know-how-to-coil-a-climbing-rope-video/ http://stephenkoch.com/2010/02/now-you-know-how-to-coil-a-climbing-rope-video/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:21:05 +0000 Stephen Koch http://stephenkoch.com/?p=1187 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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Let me know what else you would like to learn about climbing or snowboarding wise and I will try to make a video to help you out.

May you have safe, fun and successful adventures.

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