In my last post I looked at some of the major factors that turn an adventure into an epic. One of those factors was lack of preparation – so to continue to help with your preparation here are some more video clips from the excellent DVD resource Self Rescue for Climbers.

A couple of important things to note about these skills:

• You want to practise the skills a lot so that they become second nature to you i.e. you don’t have to think how to do a french prusik etc.
• And with time these skills become tools in a tool box and as you gain experience and really hone them then you can give your energies to selecting the right tool(s) job instead of focusing on how a particular skill is executed.

For the first post: When an Adventure becomes an Epic

Prusiking up a rope 

 Abseiling past a knot

 Lowering a climber off a crag

If you are interested in more of these rescue skills I would encourage you to pick up the DVD!