Never Let Go of Your Brake Hand While Rappelling. That's the prime directive and main rule for personal rappelling safety. Obey the rule, and you'll live long and prosper.
Read my new article in Climbing Skills about Using Your Brake Hand and you'll learn how to use one or two brake hands, what your guide hand does, how to keep rope strands separate so it's easy to pull your ropes, and how to get extra friction to slow down on free rappels.
Read more about rappelling:
All About Rappelling
6 Essential Rappelling Skills
Essential Rappelling Equipment
What Can Go Wrong Rappelling
Photograph above: Bill Springer rappels off Tezcatlipoca above the Sunshine Wall near Arches National Park, Utah . Photograph © Stewart M. Green
Comments
Great article Stewart, a good read!
Mount Everest The British Story
Hi Stewart,
Another great post on keeping the safety and the fun together!
By the way, I posted this week on ‘Partners in Placing’, and very much had you in mind as I did so.
My thanks my Friend…
D