Today I took the family hiking to a nearby nature preserve, and we setup a rappel near a waterfall just for fun. There was a "severe" overhang at the ledge - let's just call it 8 feet/ 2meters - long enough that one's legs could not touch the rock face under the overhang... Is there a decent...

It's been a while since I've seen an argument on carabiners, so I figured I'd stir the pot a bit... :LOL: Actually, I'm putting together a list of gear to get for my young daughter's introduction to SRT... And possibly fiddling with my kit as well, sharing between us as we build out her kit...

My 10 year old is asking a lot of questions about SRT climbing. We've been playing on our practice "vertical caving simulator" with rappelling, and she's having fun, and is doing great rappelling on a Petzl Stop, 14' at a time... My question is about harnesses, specifically for climbing, for...

Wanted to poll the crowd here to see what everyone's favorite climbing ascender is. I've been using a Croll-L for the chest ascender, and it's fine. However, I'm re-thinking using a handled ascender for the main-climbing ascender. Mainly to gain more room for easier down-climbing during...

Anyone played with, or used the Grivel Twin Gate carabiners? General thoughts on them? I knew about these, and was surprised to stumble upon them at a local outdoor store, so of course I picked one up. Seems like a really neat biner, and pretty quick after some practice. Also seems like a...

New vertical caver here. I have a full kit of vertical gear, but am still in the new "how should I best set this up?" phase... How do you all have your cowstails, and ascending gear setup on your harness' D-ring? I'm looking for ideas... I have a "Frog" ascending setup. I'm assuming that's how...

I recently attended a vertical caving class, and am now putting together a shopping list for gear. One interesting item that stuck out was the Grivel A&D Ascender / Descender. I did a quick search for these, but nothing jumped out. It looks like an interesting alternative to the Petzl...

Hello folks, I'm 37, have been caving for about a year now, and am from Kentucky, USA, just a couple hours north of the famous Mammoth Cave System. Just recently joined our national organization (NSS) and will probably join a local grotto/club soon. Anyways, I've been lurking for a little bit...