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    HighAngle TrainingHandout 05 AscentToDescent

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    This training handout provides instructions for changing from ascending to descending on a rope. It outlines 4 key steps: 1. Move the handled ascender down lower on the rope. 2. Connect the descending device, such as a figure 8 or rescue 8, and remove slack between it and the chest ascender. 3. Remove the chest ascender and slowly sit down to transfer weight to the descending device. 4. Remove the handled ascender from the rope and clip it to the harness before unlocking and abseiling.

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    This training handout provides instructions for changing from ascending to descending on a rope. It outlines 4 key steps: 1. Move the handled ascender down lower on the rope. 2. Connect the descending device, such as a figure 8 or rescue 8, and remove slack between it and the chest ascender. 3. Remove the chest ascender and slowly sit down to transfer weight to the descending device. 4. Remove the handled ascender from the rope and clip it to the harness before unlocking and abseiling.

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    This training handout provides instructions for changing from ascending to descending on a rope. It outlines 4 key steps: 1. Move the handled ascender down lower on the rope. 2. Connect the descending device, such as a figure 8 or rescue 8, and remove slack between it and the chest ascender. 3. Remove the chest ascender and slowly sit down to transfer weight to the descending device. 4. Remove the handled ascender from the rope and clip it to the harness before unlocking and abseiling.

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    HighAngle TrainingHandout 05 AscentToDescent

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    Christian Makande
    This training handout provides instructions for changing from ascending to descending on a rope. It outlines 4 key steps: 1. Move the handled ascender down lower on the rope. 2. Connect the descending device, such as a figure 8 or rescue 8, and remove slack between it and the chest ascender. 3. Remove the chest ascender and slowly sit down to transfer weight to the descending device. 4. Remove the handled ascender from the rope and clip it to the harness before unlocking and abseiling.

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    HIGH ANGLE RESCUE

    TRAINING HANDOUT

    No 5 : CHANGE FROM ASCENT TO DESCENT


    This training handout may be freely reproduced
    and distributed in an unaltered form.
    The School For
    Mountain Leadership

    Web:

    NEED MORE INFO?


    SML
    P. O. Box 2094
    Wingate Park
    0153
    Tel:
    082-652-1490
    Fax:
    0866-79-0777
    Email: [email protected]
    http://www.sml.co.za/

    This training handout is an aide-memoire for students who have completed the appropriate
    training. Do NOT attempt these techniques without proper training getting it wrong can be
    lethal!

    A useful skill for anyone working on rope is the ability to change from ascending to descending
    whilst free-hanging on a rope. This illustration shows one way of doing this there will be
    others. Note the use of a rope-grab instead of a chest ascender is deliberate its easier
    with a chest ascender.
    Step 1

    Step 2

    Move the handled ascender


    down.

    Connect your
    descender

    Get your handled ascender a


    little lower than normal. Youll
    be moving it even lower just
    before you commit your weight
    to your descending device
    (Figure-8, Rescue-8, etc).

    Pull up some rope and


    connect your
    descending device (in
    this case a Rescue-8).
    If youre using a
    figure-8 then see our
    Abseiling Tutorial
    No 1: Threading a
    Figure-8 for a
    technique that
    reduces the chances
    of dropping the device
    whilst threading it.
    Remove as much of
    the slack between
    your descender and
    the chest ascender as
    you can. Failure to
    remove enough slack
    will cause problems
    later.
    Once you have
    removed as much
    slack as you can then
    lock off the device.
    Even a self-locking
    device such as a Petzl
    Stop needs to be hard-locked to prevent a
    slow slip from starting once youve put your
    weight onto it.
    Check carabiners!

    Member: R. E. Thomas

    Step 3

    Step 4

    Remove your chest


    ascender

    Remove your handled


    ascender.

    Bring your handled


    ascender down until it is
    about 15cm above your
    chest ascender. This
    reduces the chances of it
    ending up out of reach
    once you have
    disconnected the chest
    ascender.

    You do not need to remove


    the attachment from your
    harness. Simply remove
    the handled ascender from
    the rope and clip it to a
    gear loop on your harness.
    Unlock and abseil away!

    Stand up in the foot loop


    and disconnect the chest
    ascender from the rope.
    Slowly sit down, checking
    that your weight comes
    onto the descender
    without cross-loading a
    carabiner. Make sure that
    your lock-off doesnt
    partially unlock while
    unweighted.
    If youre using a rope grab
    (as pictured here) then
    you can disconnect it by
    unscrewing the carabiner
    attaching it to your
    harness before standing
    up. Instead of trying to
    disassemble it while youre
    standing, disconnect it
    from your harness and sit
    down. You can remove it
    from the rope while
    hanging in a sitting
    position with hands free.

    Problem solving:
    If you cannot unweight your handled ascender you can stand up in it and disconnect the
    carabiner connecting it to your harness. This will remove your weight from it and allow you to
    remove it from the rope.
    If the handled ascender it a little too high to remove then tie a knot below your descender to
    create a foot-loop in the rope in order to stand up a small distance (10-20cm). Dont forget to
    untie the knot afterwards.

    Please contact us at the above addresses for further information.

    Member: R. E. Thomas

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