The Art of The Prusik: Safer Climbing

By Jonathan R. Smith

What would happen if you accidentally let go of your brake hand while on a rappel? And, what would occur if you let go of your brake hand after the climber you were belaying fell?What if you fell into a crevasse? How would you get out? Or, if you were injured in the crevasse, how would your partners rescue you? The best answer to all of the above questions, and to many more, is to properly learn how to use the Prusik knot as I carefully describe in this book.Dr. Prusik, a mountaineer from Austria, invented his famous and brilliant "knot" in the early 1930s when he realized the value of such a knot for ascending purposes, but the knot fell out of use for many years because of the inherent dangers associated with his original setup. In this book, I share the cumulative knowledge and experience of over three decades of using the Prusik in a variety of applications in the vertical world.My hope is that the reader will find it to be a reliable knot for a multitude of uses, and that it will serve to help prevent many unnecessary accidents in this sport, which we love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692791736
• ISBN13: 9780692791738
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Jonathan R. Smith
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.2" x 5.5"