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Prusicks & Cordelettes : Rock & Mountain Climbing Gear Care

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Summary: Learn about prusicks and other tips for climbing and mountaineering in this free rock climbing video.

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Daniel Schieffelin Daniel Schieffelin has a degree in Outdoor Education and Leadership from Sterling College in Vermont. He has worked outdoors in several stations including bei... read more

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Prusicks & Cordelettes : Rock & Mountain Climbing Gear Care

Hi! My name is Dan, and I am here with Expert Village today to talk to you about few small items for climbing. We are going to talk about prusicks and cordelettes. A prusick is a small loop of rope that can be used to tie the prusick knot, which is an improvised ascender or descender. The prusick knot has been demonstrated in my climbing knot section, but carrying the prusick loop (or two of them, which is preferable) attached to a carabineer will often times allow you to escape a dangerous situation. The prusick can allow you to climb up a rope if going down is not an option. A cordelette looks basically like a giant prusick. They are typically 12 to 16 feet long without the knot tied in the middle of it, which makes them 6 to 7 feet when tied with a double fisherman’s. The cordelette can be used in place of a sling as an anchor, or for any number of other tasks which may require a short but solid piece of thin high strength rope, so prusicks and cordelettes are two very good items to have while climbing.

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