preferred rope system for DC (3-person team) - DC 7/7/2008
preferred rope system for DC (3-person team) - DC
Me and two buddies will be on the hill later this month. I was thinking of going light and carrying a 30-meter glacier-travel rope, with the first and last climber tying into the ends (no coils). Alternatively, we might go with a 60 (more rope than I really want to take)
anyway, I haven't been on the DC and was curious what a standard glacier set-up might be. I was thinking of having each climber in our party carry one picket and one screw, and forego a full-on Texas prusik system in favor of a single prusik cord pre-rigged on the harness.
so I'm just looking for something simple that will be intuitive for one of the guys in my party who doesn't have a lot of experience (and will be going in the middle)
