Questions tagged [ascender]
For questions about mechanical devices for climbing ropes. Please use [prusik] tag for the use of knots for this purpose.
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What is a bloquers?
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What is a bloquers?
I'm guessing it's some kind of prussik and it's a French term. But I'm not familiar with it. A quick google search ...
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Would this kind of rope ascension system work?
Can i use a petzl ascender, regular Black diamond ATC (NOTE: not guide ATC), footloop and a prusik attached with a biner to my harness to ascend a fixed rope attached to a tree? I don't have a grigri ...
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