Comments on: Tackling Your First Multi-Pitch Sport Route: 5 Tips For Safe Climbing https://www.lydiascapes.com/tackling-your-first-multi-pitch-sport-route-5-tips-for-safe-climbing/ Adventure Travel Content Creator and Rock Climber | Lydia Yang Singaporean Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Josh Briggs https://www.lydiascapes.com/tackling-your-first-multi-pitch-sport-route-5-tips-for-safe-climbing/comment-page-1/#comment-2625 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:38:39 +0000 https://lydiascapes.com/?p=13476#comment-2625 So, I’m not sure where you find a multipitch sport route. Certainly won’t find them on El Cap.

]]> By: Josh Briggs https://www.lydiascapes.com/tackling-your-first-multi-pitch-sport-route-5-tips-for-safe-climbing/comment-page-1/#comment-2609 Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:44:14 +0000 https://lydiascapes.com/?p=13476#comment-2609 I would say this is not necessarily a technical article rather than a intro informative piece. There are many techniques to getting off a big route. Two-man and three-man techniques vary. The best piece of advice i can give is work on rope management and never forget to put barrel knots on the ends of your rope while abseiling. A good trick is to put both climbers on rappel at the same time. That way if you do make a mistake and forget to tie your backup knot and you missed the middle of the rope when you set everything up, the bottom guy won’t rappel off an uneven strand of rope.

]]> By: Gordon https://www.lydiascapes.com/tackling-your-first-multi-pitch-sport-route-5-tips-for-safe-climbing/comment-page-1/#comment-2597 Fri, 04 Feb 2022 05:17:46 +0000 https://lydiascapes.com/?p=13476#comment-2597 Hi, I ran across yr web page while researching how to turn sports climbers into trad climbers. The reply for Jake above is 1 – if you fundamentally don’t understand multi pitch sports climbing then get someone to teach you.
2 – unless you are very strong and/or have advanced skills never ever try lowering someone off the same belay stance as you. If it’s a sports route, the bolts are above you and you will get dragged up into the belay. Also lowering anyone who is >75% of your body weight runs the risk of being dropped because you cannot efficiently control their descent.
3- descent off a multi pitch sports route is either walk off the top or abseil. If either person cannot do either then they are a danger to themselves and their partner and should retire back to the indoor climbing wall or find out what it takes to abseil off a route and how to do it. Get someone very experienced or employ an instructor to show you how to do it properly
4- never start up a multi pitch route you can’t get off. There are many methods

Keep up the articles, they are interesting and see the climbing from a different perspective
Please feel free to email me if needed

]]>