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Stridergdm wrote:For myself, I never found reading about this stuff in a book worked for me. Even if it did, have to have the hands on experience.
Extremeophile wrote:Stridergdm wrote:For myself, I never found reading about this stuff in a book worked for me. Even if it did, have to have the hands on experience.
Everyone learns differently. If you have good visualization skills then reading these references will help a lot, but for others the only way to learn is to do it. Aside from vertical techniques though, I would also argue it's important to understand how static ropes are constructed, what knots are used and why, general concepts about main anchors and rebelays, etc. It's much easier to learn this supporting information from books.
plicpriest1 wrote:Hay thanx much everyone.
I just dont want to sign up for a class and show up empty handed. Though if that is how it is done than cool. I do agree that getting cheap items for such critical activities could be a mistake. On the other hand though I dont want to have to drop a hundred million dollars if I dont have to. I think of it this way: buy coco puffs (name brand) or coco roo's (not so name brand). Same cereal, different price.
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