Branch walking

[Dean Lofthouse]

Get a lockjack sport, dead easy one hand tending and use the other end of your rope to control your swing / walk back in, or as has been described above, go to a climb getogether to watch how it's done.

[Husqvarna King]

when coming back in from a limb walk i grab both parts of the rope above my prussic and then tend the slack/tighten the prussic when in a better position or where there is something to grab onto...works for me

[Jamie]

practice practice practice. different limbs are always different, sometimes you can swing back in safely, sometimes you just have to suck it up and balance, try other foot placements

 

Jamie

[antwood]

Alasdair

 

I have always found the coming back harder than going out!

The best thing I did was change my climbing setup from a prussik, but if you are at college or being assessed they often want everyone to stick with prussick to keep things simple (and make sure that everyone's doing it right).

Once I could do what I wanted I swapped to a swabisch hitch and fairlead pulley, it just meant I could easily keep tension on my climbing line whilst coming back in to the stem, something I always struggled to do with a prussik; it just never seemed to be the ideal hitch for branch walking as it tended to lock to easily or maybe that was just my poor technique!!!!