I am trying climbing for the first time using a Tibloc attached to foot loops, and a Prusik attached to the harness on a second rope for safety. Both ropes are taut. The Tibloc works faultlessly as does the 3-wind Prusik. The idea is I stand in the foot loop with the Tibloc holding my weight. Then I raise the Prusik on the other rope, let that support my weight, and rise the Tibloc again to stand on, rinse and repeat. It all sounds simple.
But the instant I go to stand in the loop with the Prusik ready to raise, I swing away til I am almost lying back. despite the ropes being tensioned the swing is enough that I can barely hold on to the rope let alone raise the Prusik. It takes significant effort just to stay anywhere near recumbent let alone upright.
I decided to try it on one rope, with the Prusik above the Tibloc. Same problem though. I am so busy grasping the line to stay somewhere near level, that I can't raise the Prusik to help me out or the Tibloc to take another step.
Both Prusik and Tibloc are working fine, it's just my feet swinging away from me and me almost laying back horizontal that causes the problem.
Where am I going wrong?
