Howdy,
I do a bit of tree climbing for my business, so I have very limited climbing equipment - 1 climbing rope, 1 unicender with a foot ascender, 1 hand ascender I've never even used, (and then a few work items for rigging and lowering branches - bull rope, other non-climbing ropes, pulleys, port-a-wrap, carabiners, etc).
Here's my question: one of my (many) kids has expressed an interest in doing some rappelling for her birthday, and I thought I could get a Figure 8 descender and a decent rope that would work well for both climbing and rappelling, since I don't expect that we will be doing this very often and I wouldn't mind another (longer) climbing rope. (I'd also have to buy another harness).
Do you have any recommendations for a proper rope (my unicender is for 1/2"), and if the Figure 8 is a decent option for this? The unicender is simple enough for a child to use, but I'd like to use it so I can be next to them to coach/help. (Yes, I know there needs to be a person on the ground to pull the rope if they start to fall).
Thanks in advance!
I do a bit of tree climbing for my business, so I have very limited climbing equipment - 1 climbing rope, 1 unicender with a foot ascender, 1 hand ascender I've never even used, (and then a few work items for rigging and lowering branches - bull rope, other non-climbing ropes, pulleys, port-a-wrap, carabiners, etc).
Here's my question: one of my (many) kids has expressed an interest in doing some rappelling for her birthday, and I thought I could get a Figure 8 descender and a decent rope that would work well for both climbing and rappelling, since I don't expect that we will be doing this very often and I wouldn't mind another (longer) climbing rope. (I'd also have to buy another harness).
Do you have any recommendations for a proper rope (my unicender is for 1/2"), and if the Figure 8 is a decent option for this? The unicender is simple enough for a child to use, but I'd like to use it so I can be next to them to coach/help. (Yes, I know there needs to be a person on the ground to pull the rope if they start to fall).
Thanks in advance!