Footlocking
This is a skill that takes practice. The videos make it look easy because they have been doing it for a long time.
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Here are a few things that might make it easier:
Use a boot with a short, square heel.
When you grab the rope to ascend, you will probably stack your hands on the rope below your ascender or ascending knot. Your bottom of your bottom hand should be at about the eyebrow to forehead height. As you get better, extend the length of your lanyard. By having a short bridge, you will not have to do as much of a chin up every time you move up the rope.
Lean back as far as comfortable, wrap the rope around your feet, pinch, then kick your heels under your butt and stand STRAIGHT up. Push up your ascending knot in one motion.
The most common mistake of footlock learners is to push the rope out in front of yourself. This pushes you back rather than up the rope.
NEVER put your hands above the ascending knot!!! If you slip, this could send you down to the ground in a heart beat.
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Strong limbs and snug ropes!
Tom