How Does a Person Prevent Rappeling Off the End of a Rope?

Question

Is some type of "rigging" done to prevent a person from having "too little rope" and then dying?

Answer 1

Drop the rope down before you go. if the rope doesn't make it all the way to some stable ground then you don't have enough rope and you shouldn't repel. Be smart.

That said if you are useing a loop on your harness then put a big knot in the end of the line. Not suprisingly these are called stopper knots. look for a monkeys fist or a heaving knot.

Answer 2

How many feet will your rope stretch once your body weight is added to rope weight? Some rope won't stretch and others do. Say it is Goldline Brand and with you on-rope will stretch one foot for every ten feet. Slide one hundred feet and Goldline has stretched ten feet. If standing on bottom at that point and last of rope slid through descender device it will fly upward ten feet. Can you fly up too?

Let us suppose you knew this when rope was rigged above and slack allowed to fall into abyss. If depth of descent is not known exactly the usual practice when using mechanical descenders is a tie of simple overhand or fisherman knot about seven feet from rope end. This is so because you'll need the extra rope to connect your ascending gear be it prusik knot slings or something mechanical like Gibbs if the distance to bottom is still unknown or wall climbing is not possible. Both have happened to writer many times before
purchase of Petzl Stop Descender.

People who descend with another rope attached usually foul making an immediate ascent to attend snag(s) awkward and inconvenient. Less happy are those who employ ad-hoc 'biner wrap descender or body rappel without harness
rigging. Knot passage marks final seconds before free fall.

Caving since '64.

Answer 3

Tie the end of the rope to your harness. Something you should always do when outside.

Answer 4

Just make sure your rope is long enough.

Answer 5

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