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climbing a rope 22-Nov-2010 At 10:32:56 AM hargs

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>Enrol in a basic self rescue course. It will be far more useful than any
>explaining over the internet.

Wendy's right, but if you really want to practice this yourself you could read David Fasulo's self rescue book. A bit convoluted in places, but it'll give you some ideas.

You can get away with one prusik loop and a descender if you have to: tie the prusik on above your descender, then tie in short (because you're about to unclip your descender. Keep two points attached to the rope at each point in this procedure.) Swap your descender from abseil mode to belay mode (works better with a reverso than a figure-8). Wrap a couple of loops or rope around your foot so you can stand up, slide the prusik up, then take-in and lock off your belay device/descender. Repeat until your foot falls off.