jman
07-11-2012, 06:35 AM
Just like the other vid: How to hook out of a pothole, this was video captured during our same trip through Imlay.
Jeff wished the footage was a tad better, and a bit longer - but he plans on re-doing it.
Any feedback, besides for the ones listed above, would be appreciative!
Thanks guys!
Otherwise - enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRE5pA9k6LY
The text from Jeff's Youtube vid:
"WARNING! Do not let this video trump your common sense and good judgement. You will only use this technique in technical/dangerous canyons or conditions (or in rescue situations). This video is to help you VISUALIZE what to do. Please take a guide who has successfully done the canyon before and knows how to successfully defeat any obstacle that you may encounter (including setting up the guided rap). And be prepared to stay in the canyon overnight if things don't work out right! Be safe and happy canyoneering! :)
I haven't seen any video's on how to do a "guided rappel" so I thought I'd make one. This technique will save you and your crew a lot of time so you don't have to throw a potshot, rappel, and escape the pothole on the other side. This way you can throw the potshot, tie it off, rappel/zipline to the otherside of the pothole and take it down when you are done!
Step 1:
Throw the potshot over an object that it can get wedged in, such as log or crack on a rock.
Step 2: Pull the rope as tight as you can. Use a friend to help pull it tight and tie it off on your side with a clove hitch/biner block. Remember to get it tight because it will need to support your weight to get to the other side. The biner block will be on the side you are rappelling on! *This will be the opposite of what you are used to, but it is there to hold the guide line tight - and not to hold your weight when rappelling like it usually does.
Step 3:
Back up the rope with with a figure 8 on a bight attached to a biner (and bolt/anchor) just in case the potshot comes loose and pulls out. That way you won't fall to the bottom of the pothole and get seriously hurt, or drown. IF the potshot pulls out then you will be stopped by the figure 8 knot attached to the bolt/anchor.
Step 4:
Hook yourself up like you are going to rappel on the loose end, and attach yourself with a sling or Personal Anchor System (we prefer the Chain reactor) to the tight line so you can be "guided" to the other side. Rappel like normal and the Guide Line will hold your weight and bring you to the other side.
Step 5:
To take down the "guided rappel" - the last person unties the backed up anchor point (figure 8 knot). *You shouldn't be worried at this point because if the potshot hasn't pulled out by now, then it's safe to assume it won't pull out for the last person.* The last person then zips down the rope like everyone else did; pulls on the potshot from the other end to free it from the wedge point (log, in our case), unties the rope from the potshot, and pulls the rope just like you would if you had a pull cord so that the end of the rope that was tied to the Potshot goes through the chains and is the last thing to come back to you!"
The end!
Jeff wished the footage was a tad better, and a bit longer - but he plans on re-doing it.
Any feedback, besides for the ones listed above, would be appreciative!
Thanks guys!
Otherwise - enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRE5pA9k6LY
The text from Jeff's Youtube vid:
"WARNING! Do not let this video trump your common sense and good judgement. You will only use this technique in technical/dangerous canyons or conditions (or in rescue situations). This video is to help you VISUALIZE what to do. Please take a guide who has successfully done the canyon before and knows how to successfully defeat any obstacle that you may encounter (including setting up the guided rap). And be prepared to stay in the canyon overnight if things don't work out right! Be safe and happy canyoneering! :)
I haven't seen any video's on how to do a "guided rappel" so I thought I'd make one. This technique will save you and your crew a lot of time so you don't have to throw a potshot, rappel, and escape the pothole on the other side. This way you can throw the potshot, tie it off, rappel/zipline to the otherside of the pothole and take it down when you are done!
Step 1:
Throw the potshot over an object that it can get wedged in, such as log or crack on a rock.
Step 2: Pull the rope as tight as you can. Use a friend to help pull it tight and tie it off on your side with a clove hitch/biner block. Remember to get it tight because it will need to support your weight to get to the other side. The biner block will be on the side you are rappelling on! *This will be the opposite of what you are used to, but it is there to hold the guide line tight - and not to hold your weight when rappelling like it usually does.
Step 3:
Back up the rope with with a figure 8 on a bight attached to a biner (and bolt/anchor) just in case the potshot comes loose and pulls out. That way you won't fall to the bottom of the pothole and get seriously hurt, or drown. IF the potshot pulls out then you will be stopped by the figure 8 knot attached to the bolt/anchor.
Step 4:
Hook yourself up like you are going to rappel on the loose end, and attach yourself with a sling or Personal Anchor System (we prefer the Chain reactor) to the tight line so you can be "guided" to the other side. Rappel like normal and the Guide Line will hold your weight and bring you to the other side.
Step 5:
To take down the "guided rappel" - the last person unties the backed up anchor point (figure 8 knot). *You shouldn't be worried at this point because if the potshot hasn't pulled out by now, then it's safe to assume it won't pull out for the last person.* The last person then zips down the rope like everyone else did; pulls on the potshot from the other end to free it from the wedge point (log, in our case), unties the rope from the potshot, and pulls the rope just like you would if you had a pull cord so that the end of the rope that was tied to the Potshot goes through the chains and is the last thing to come back to you!"
The end!