Making a Retrievable Snow Anchor for Rappelling (Abseiling)

If you are facing many rappels (abseils) and only have a limited number of snow pickets, you can construct a retrievable anchor so that you can reuse your pickets again and again. Here is one method for building that anchor. A video can introduce concepts and even provide tutorials, but it cannot cover all of the variable situations and context of outdoor environments. Learn about something here, but then seek qualified instruction to master it. For more information on this video, go to: https://www.shortguysbetaworks.com/al... Other videos referenced in this video, include: Common snow anchors using pickets:    • How to Build Basic Snow Climbing Anchors U...   Emergency snow anchors:    • Rappel Anchors on Snow Without Snow Picket...   How to tie an alpine butterfly knot:    • Why and How to Tie the Alpine Butterfly Kn...   Methods for getting a rappel rope down the pitch:    • Tossing a Climbing Rope for Rappel (Abseil...   0:00 Intro 0:08 Bumper 0:17 Snow Anchor Series 1:14 Create a Pull Strand 1:46 Place the Vertical Picket 2:00 Place the Horizontal Picket 2:19 Lever Mechanism 2:38 Prepare the Rappel Strand 3:16 Finish the Anchor 3:24 Heading Down 3:29 Retrieving the Pickets 4:45 Outro Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our videos: https://www.shortguysbetaworks.com/di... This video description may contain affiliate links; if you make a purchase through a link, I’ll receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. This help allows us to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support!