Chads93GT wrote:Yahtaa wrote:
That sounds absolutely terrifying.
Its not, Its how you get past horribly undercut lips. Its either that or you rappel to the lip, plant your feet, pivot on your feet till your legs are perpendicular with the ground and you jump out while rappelling quickly, on the swing back you swing under the lip. THAT is scary ;)
And it doesn't work well with a rack. At least not for me. I use that method with an 8, above ground, just for fun.
Chads93GT wrote:Using your feet as a pivot point, keeping yoru legs straight, and rapelling past the lip till you can flip under it is the easiest and safest way. yOu dont grind metal, you dont lose bars, you dont grind your hip/harness into the rock as you slide past, its a very fluent and controlled movement with no abrasion possibility.
I agree, but wonder why the legs must be kept straight? I sometimes do the same thing but I squat and plant my feet on the lip. I can "stand up" while inverted if I need to rappel a little further, or go ahead and and flip back over if I've gone far enough to avoid mashing the rack on the rocks. Perhaps I do so because I don't deal with such situations often and it feels a little more secure (aka less scary).