Joining two ropes with a lashing for a rappel

Serge Swrote:

By this reasoning, should rappelling with 1 rope include a "best practice" of tying an overhand-on-a-bight near the middle ? 

You seem to be confusing a double rope rappel with a single rope two strand rappel.

Serge Swrote:

By this reasoning, should rappelling with 1 rope include a "best practice" of tying an overhand-on-a-bight near the middle ? 

That is completely ridiculous.   Instead, you should rap off of a garda hitch.

mbkwrote:

That is completely ridiculous.   Instead, you should rap off of a garda hitch.

I’m gonna vom

I was pointing out that knotless double rope rappel loses a safety feature of knotted double rope rappel.

Single rope rappel, you can take the time to add it if you want... or if you are using a GriGri you will add it anyways.

@Ben You should get in touch with Mark Smiley, he's experimented with putting a non-load bearing splice into the ends of his own ropes to make it easier to do v-threads while ice climbing.

I don't personally see the applicability of this for my own climbing, but I'm sure there are people who do.

Spencer Shieldswrote:

@Ben You should get in touch with Mark Smiley, he's experimented with putting a non-load bearing splice into the ends of his own ropes to make it easier to do v-threads while ice climbing.

Thanks--I think I've seen him on Instagram.  A non-load-bearing splice is usually called a "Flemish eye" or a "Reeving eye" in boat-rigging circles.  Useful for threading through sheaves with a messenger line.

The term "knots' includes; bends, eye knots, hitches, lashings, and decorative knots..

just because it hasn't been said yet,, "yer gonna die"

Backroad Geewrote:

The term "knots' includes; bends, eye knots, hitches, lashings, and decorative knots..

Have you read the thread?  Terms get hashed out in detail several pages up.

Thanks for the bump, tho'