Category
Rigging & Rope Work
Single Rope Technique: What It Is, and Why It's Never Learned From a Page
SRT is the technique that lets one caver descend and ascend a fixed rope independently. This is not a how-to — it's an explanation of what the technique is, why it exists, and why the only responsible next step is a club and an instructor, not a webpage.
Why Cave Rope Length Isn't Just Pitch Depth
It's tempting to measure a pitch and buy a rope that long. Here's the arithmetic behind why the rope you'd actually want to carry is meaningfully longer than the drop itself — worked with real numbers from the calculator.