Me and my friend had went on a vertical caving trip and were unable to prusik out of a really narrow and muddy ~4 meters shaft. It was really snug around our bodies, and it was impossible to move hands or legs at all in order to operate the ascenders properly. Also it was really hard to...

I'm planning to do some very simple caving and canyoning with a 9 years old boy. While he is capable of using a descender and ascenders quite well, I still prefer him to have an additional backup. Is it an acceptable setup to run an additional static rope from his harness through a pulley at...

I want to buy a set of carabiners for temporary rigging of vertical caves, and wonder if I can use non locking ones? In my region caves usually have anchors without rope or carabiners in place, and for each descent we install and remove our own rope. I prefer non locking since they are faster to...