There are three basic methods of rope skipping : single rope, with an individual spinning the rope; long rope, with two people spinning, and double dutch, with two people turning two ropes in opposite directions.
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The original Grigri is rated for 10 to 11 mm single ropes, while the newer, smaller Grigri 2 is rated for 8.9 to 11 mm single ropes and optimized for 9.4 to 10.3 mm ropes.
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Single rope technique ( SRT ) began to be developed in the US in the 1950s, a similar system was developed in Europe in the late 1960s, which was quickly standardised and is still in use today.
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The test to determine the fall count uses a 5.1m rope and drops a weight ( 80Kg single rope / 50Kg double rope ) so that it falls 4.8m before experiencing a reaction force from the rope.
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But as I drove home from work one day last November I listened enthralled to the radio account of how he had plunged 1, 100 feet into the dark of a Yosemite valley tethered to a single rope.
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The Tara chief recalls how, decades earlier, Maxwell Broadbent had raided a large, mountaintop temple known as the White City ( accessible only by a single rope bridge ), and taking all of the treasure back to America with him.
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Members of the Guam-based Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, wearing full battle gear and armed with assault rifles, jumped in rapid succession off a platform about 10 meters ( yards ) above the hanger floor and slid down a single rope.
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Police Rescue operators are trained to use equipment such as Jaws of Life, metal detectors, trapped person locaters, sophisticated communication equipment and cutting tools etc . These officers are experts in abseiling, climbing, single rope techniques and stretcher escorts with cliff machines.
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Accomplished rope skippers like Ms . Weber are skilled athletes who use a single rope to create a fluid movement of kicks, turns and spins, all while jumping through the rope and seeming to hover just a few inches off the ground.
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He had been visiting some metal mines in Wales with the Shropshire Caving and Mining Club and spent several hours setting up a single rope technique rig to descend a remote shaft, only to find that there were no ways off at the bottom.
