Abseiling over brick wall.

[Mark Bolam]

Get a 90 degree bend of dranage pipe, put two feet of pipe in each end then put your rope through and as you decend over the edge sit the elbow over the corner. It wont move Mark:thumbup:

 

Like that one as well mate.

 

Cheers lads.

 

Now I'll probably lose out to someone who will 'do it for the ivy'!

[Dean Lofthouse]

What about a running anchor

 

Like a rope strung between two anchor points running alog the cliff edge, tighten it up with a 5:1 then put a pulley on it and anchor off the pulley so it runs. Bit like a dog run wire

 

If there isn't an anchor point I have anchored off my mewp boom before now

[treequip]

Had exactly this issue taking ivy off a building. Running your line through “alcothene” pipe or even garden hose is cheap as chips and loler free. Drill a small hole in each end and use shock cord to keep it anchored in the right place.

 

In the distant past we used a length of heavy fabric that could be velcroed into a tube to prevent abrasion to ropes on crag rescues.

[armchairarborist]

got a cliff edge rope saver once, keep it in rigging kit bag, had a fair bit of use so its worn through in a couple of places, i'll pop a pic up tomorrow, its made of similar stuff as 1tonne bags but thicker.. with velcro to hold it round the rope and a string to hold it at cliff edge. as used by mountain rescue teams.

[plippy]

Mind you, I could get Plippy to stand in the middle of the lawn for a day.....

 

i dont mind fella, day rate or job a knock:thumbup:

[Rupe]

Create long anchors over the wall adge using slings, and then attach to the end of those so that no moving parts run over the edge. Simples.

 

2 or 3 anchors should do, just like old school top roping on short rock climbs.

[ad15]

use a static line from the anchor to the wall, then a cambium saver over the wall, then your life line... no rope will be moving over the brickwork at all... no need for mattress or carpet...

[penfold]

i know petzl do a edge guard for roped access, have a look on their website in the industrial section.

[Rupe]

use a static line from the anchor to the wall, then a cambium saver over the wall, then your life line... no rope will be moving over the brickwork at all... no need for mattress or carpet...

 

Thats what was trying to say, maybe a couple of statics to back each other up.

[Mark Bolam]

Thanks for all your input fellas.

 

I'll let you know how it goes.