Whitewater
Rope on a river: the most misunderstood rescue tool there is
Rope saves lives on rivers and it also kills people. The difference lies in a handful of principles that are not obvious to anyone whose rope experience comes from land.
Topic
rope
Every Extreme Sports Adventures article tagged rope — 4 pieces across 3 sections.
Whitewater
The throw bag: a rope is only as good as the person holding it
Everyone carries one. A surprising number of people have never thrown one at a moving target, and it shows at exactly the moment it matters.
Gear & Kit
Ropes: dynamic, static, dry-treated and what the numbers mean
A rope has more specifications printed on its tag than almost any other piece of climbing kit. Most of them are quietly ignored, and two of them genuinely change how safe your system is.
Climbing
The belay mistakes that keep showing up, decade after decade
Almost nobody drops a partner because they did something exotic. They drop a partner because of four or five errors that repeat across gyms, crags and countries with depressing consistency.