The fact that this video is free is a true testament to modern learning. Thank you so much for doing this. This has been trully a great lesson. Your channel is awesome!

As a newer climber, this master series is the most helpful thing. Throughout these videos, you have given answers to questions I've tried to search for over time.

I have to say I've never seen any content creator that puts the effort you put into each and every video. It's really appreciated & whenever I want to learn something you seem to always have a really digestible video on it. Thank you for everything you do.

These are so good. I have learned so much from this series already. It's the information from the pamphlets/instructions but then expanded upon and explained in an intuitive, easy to understand format.

You should do a master class on setting up different anchors!! This is such a great format for learning!!

I´m like a giddy kid waiting for these episodes... Great delivery, thanks!

I started climbing in the late 1970's. I never had a class, just went out there and didn't die. I am really enjoying this series. Lots of little bits that I never knew. Back then it was 11mmX45m-50m. A lot has changed. Now it's 9-10mmX60,70, even 80m.

This is, hands down, the most informative climbing series I have ever seen. Keep up the great work and I look forward to whatever you have planned next.

While I'm not a climber (yet?) I do have a rather long experience with ropes and here's my favourite way to untwist them (as well as long cords and hoses): Find a good, clean open space (lawn). Make sure the rope is untangled and grab the loose end. Start walking. When you're a couple of meters out start collecting the rope into a nice sling (this is very fast and easy once you get the hang of it - as a sailor I hate nested ropes). Continue to walking slowly while collecting the rope, if it doesn't untwist fully walk faster. Collecting the rope this way also is a great opportunity to feel any variations in the rope (nicks, core damage, burned spots, sand...) if you pay a bit of attention to the rope flowing through your hand.

I'm really looking forward to get rid of the kinks and hopefully prevent them 😊

Thank you again for this serie, I've been climbing for more than 10 years and still I learnt some new things in every single of your videos ;)

I love how the content makes me informed about the options out there without devolving into "go buy this do that".

I was checking on how to dry my rope after washing, but I ended up with possibly the best rope related session out there. Always a super valuable content.

I'm a non climber, but your videos are just so well made I watch them anyway. Considering to start climbing now because of you haha

What I love about getting into climbing is finding people who enjoy the same things as I do outside of the actual climb. the .3mm difference is fascinating!

You should be very proud of this series because it’s f*cking awesome. The part about inspection and checking for broken cores is ✊️

I referred my climbing instructor to your channel last night - he seemed super stoked that someone might be sharing good information after my explanation of these videos. Keep it up, these videos are awesome.

On the 2-point anchor making your rope twist - there is a difference on the plane where both anchor points are. For example, if you do the exact same thing with your 2 point anchor, but add an extra carabiner on each of them first (so that the "holes" naturally line up) - the rope will not twist. Right now the anchor points have both "holes" in parallel, and that is what makes the rope twist.

I've watched a lot of videos before buying my rope and now I think this one is a must, not only if you are about to buy one, but for any climber 👌

I'm convinced you are the only one out here making educational videos while not trying to sell a product, you show us what you use and educate on alternatives.

Incredibly useful video. You are one hell of a teacher. Thanks for doing this!

Yes I agree with the comment. Please to do master classes on anchors, cleaning anchors, and rappels. Basically all the skills needed to go climb outside from scratch.

This is what YT is for. Well thought out well presented info from experienced people. Not for unboxing and eating tide pods...

Always super informative and factual. I'm old an will never climb but have a keen intrest in knotting, rope and mechanics in general. This guy has it all. Many thanks and much respect for his work.

I wish I had this video 2 years ago. I cobbled together a lot of this information from a variety of who-knows-how-reputable sources. Would have LOVED to have this video when I was first starting out and looking to buy a rope

Absolutely the BEST information I have found to date..........so well presented: clear, concise, comprehensive, detailed, organized, helpful..... Thanks so much!

Not only so comprehensive, but very creative in demonstrating, thanks so much! I really appreciate your effort!

This is amazing. I did a bunch of bouldering and have only recently got into lead climbing. I did the course on it, but as one can see through your videos, there is so much stuff to go through, that a basic course just won't cut it. I appreciate your content a lot, as it is saving me a whole lot of money, I would otherwise need to pay to an instructor to explain. Thank you.

As someone who taught and guided climbing (all types!) for several years, I think you have some incredibly good content here. If I were still teaching, I'd assign your videos as homework to climbing students. Bravo!

These videos will help a lot of people, from new climbers to more experienced like myself. Everyone will learn new things with these series, thus helping in making our community safer. Thank you!!!

As usual, very comprehensive and useful reminders with excellent demonstrations (e.g. great idea of the tape showing twisting of the rope)!

This is fastly becoming my favorite KZfaq channel thanks to the new masterclass. I would like to ask if anyone knows how to properly calculate the MBS for a cordelette if you know the single strand MBS and the typing of knot used to close it (double fisherman's, flemmish, ohk, etc..) Thanks for the great content 💕

Great! I never got these things explained so detailed and comprehensible! Please continue in that style!

Nice work! The whole series is really well done so far.

Your videos are the best climbing videos on KZfaq!

That tip for untwisting the rope using the belay device is so useful! Just took so many twists out of my rope by running it through the Belay device twice, once in each direction.

Great Video! My tip against rope twisting: I always pull the rope down through the longer side. So if I climb a 10 meters route with my 60m rope, I pull all the 50 meters left. I have not seen a twist for 15 years. Cheers

Cool, danke für den Blick über den Tellerand für mich als Sportkletterer 💡

This climbing channel is literally the best on KZfaq! so much useful information! Thank you!

Love that I found this series! Really making an effort to get into outside rock climbing. I was belay-certified for a youth camp 10m wall one summer but never knew beyond the basics till know. Such concise and experience-specific knowledge! Saving this playlist in case I need to refer to it later!

Another great video :) Re the rope twisting - another reason is using the figure of eight type devices or munter hitch for the belaying or abseiling. Ideally to avoid both, unless you have no choice in certain situations, like a lost belaying device or a frozen rope (winter climbing).

Valuable refresher for this old timer (40 years of roped climbing)

Danke! Thank you for your videos! I took classes in sport climbing before I started climbing on rock. Additional to the classes, your videos (and the high quality and the effort you put into the videos) help me dealing with gear fear and fear of falling because I can inform myself and be aware of risks and how I can reduce them!

These videos are so incredible, I've sent them to everyone I climb with!

Im a treeclimber, not very experienced, but gets better step by step. i use the TreeRunner Climbing rope with an eye splice. I am always aware of using it correctly, not pulling through sand, dirt, stony ground, and of course never walk over the rope(s)

Thanks so much for the time and effort put into making these videos. As always, they’re fun to watch and informative. Even if I know a lot of the lessons in them I’m always eager to get a notification of a new release from Hard Is Easy.

As a new climber, I was taking diligent notes through out the video. Thanks for teaching me so much!

What a good video. This dude is so good at explaining/teaching. Thanks for all of your videos!

Kudos for another great video Ben! I really admire your ability to cater to novice and seasoned climbers alike. I thought I knew enough about ropes, quickdraws and slings, but honestly I've learned more from watching your videos for the past few weeks than from listening the old geezers around the camp fire back in the pre-internet days, bless 'em.

Loving this series.

Wanted to take the time to thank you for making this series. my 7 year old is gettign into climbing and your videos have given me the confidence that i will not kill my child. thanks so much for sharing your expertise in such a great way. amazing teacher thanks so much! excellent job!!!!

Hey, Thanks for this series, as most of the people already stated, this is a huge contribution to the climbing community and for everyone who is interested in it, especially in the way you do it: clear, depp and professional. Keep it up! I am already following your for some time, (even before hanabana adventures) and feel like that you are a thorough content creator, meaning, the info you give in your videos seems reasonable and researched. However, I would recommend to give sources for the tipps and infos you talk about. For example, the minor topic of marking your rope with a pen. As far as I know, using an edding 3000, for marking your rope, is acutally recommended by the German Alpin Club, who investigated and compared different apporaches for marking your rope. (further read in "Hochtouren - by Tobias Bach and Franz Hölzl - Outdoor Praxis) Thank your for doing this and I hope you will take this in the right way. absolutley waiting for the next video ! Cheers

Another excellent video, and I'm very happy you also mentioned the environmental issues climbers should be aware of. Thank you!

This was such a great video to watch after a number of years away from climbing.

Love your tutorials, clear , neat and fun. As a plus, being mexican, it's hilarious to hear you say "burrito"

Extremely useful, especially the part about the number of allowable falls, and how to clean and remove coils.

These are great videos. Thank you. Another reason for tying a secure knot to your rope bag is to prevent worst case of a short rope running out and through the belayer's hands/device. I know of a very experienced climber descending on what he thought was a 60m rope - turned out to be 50m and the resulting fall was fatal.

I’d trust this guy with my life that’s for sure!

Thank you for this great series!! For adition, I was taught, that rope curling can also happen, if a new rope gets rolled out inproperly :D

This videois full of great information! I can‘t believehow much I learned in these 30 Minutes. Simply awesome

Very clear comparison of diefferent ropes and their uses. Thank you.

I thuruly enjoy these videos, very happy to get such good information on everything, very thuruly aswell. Ive been bouldering for many years but discovered outdoors rope climbing this summer and im incredibly stoked to move forward with this. Thanks!

One of the most useful climbing videos I've seen so many years thank you

Your Series is a game changer. Really started climbing in January. We do have a trainer of 2times a week, but of course you don't want to ask like everything. And sometimes you cover a topic I did not even know could be an issue. And of course I can ask: what for a rope should I buy and I would get an answer, but I want to know why I should buy that rope. So, thank you for your dedication to education 👍

I love this series! It's one of the most informative series of videos I've seen yet! Keep doing what you're doing!

Thank you so much for putting this together. You’re doing a great service for people that need a solid basis of knowledge on how and why things are done.

A real master for completeness of information and number of topics covered. Thanks a lot boy!

Hey! Extremely cool serie of videos, thank you a lot for making this. I just went ahead and binged watch BetaClimbers' climbing fails all at once. I think Josh just said after this clip you showed of him that it was 10 falls at the same spot of the rope.

What a terrific channel. Just to see I took a Belay Certif course at Allez-Up in Montreal. Amazing.

Excellent, clearly presented, accurate information. A rarity in today's world! Well done man ❤

One of the best videos on Climbing out there. Exceptional. Subbed

Two things I’d like to mention - 1 don’t use a washing machine if it has an agitator. Can damage the sheath. I think it’s more common here in the US. 2 - I would recommend getting some fans to blow on the rope to speed up the drying process. I’d also be really interested in seeing when the rope is truly dry. Just because it’s dry to the touch doesn’t mean it’s dry inside. The way it will dry is from the outside in, so it will feel dry to the touch before the core is completely dry. I think weighing with a really accurate scale can be used to determine the weight before and after and see if there’s still water in the rope

Now that I'm considering buying a rope, this is super useful!

Love you teaching techs brother man. As a Military Teacher for other skill sets than what you teach. But we had to Lear Knots and did learn to climb and repel . I really totally enjoyed this video too!

This is very useful video. Very nice way of explaining and interesting to follow. Thank you

Great stuff!!! Bought my rope after researching through you!! Thank you!! Got a dynamic rope 9.9mm. I do indoor climbing. Practicing before the outdoors!

This video series is sooo good, thank you! Especially the part about untwisting the rope with the help of a belay device - saves your hands from getting hot, haha!

Muchas gracias por estos episodios, son realmente útiles. No dudo en apoyar este canal y hacer difusión con los compañeros de escalada! Gran trabajo!

I’ve been climbing for ten years and still love your vids! Useful info for new or experience climbers. Keep on going! Greetings from Spain! 🤘🏽

Just wanted to say thanks! Best video so far, very good content that I'm sure will help many people! Legend.

a video about rope care (how to wash it, where to store it, what sort of exposures should be avoided, etc.) would be very much appreciated :D

Thank you again, this series is an amazing synthesis of what I learned

Love this classes. Thanks

This series has been awesome to watch. I've learned so much and since I've only recently been getting into sport climbing it's been really great for my mental game to have a good understanding of the equipment. Thank you so much!

Dude this is great I'm learning life saving stuff

Good information for newer climbers. One thing though, a figure of 8 belay/rappel device tends to twist the rope more than other belay device.

Great content! If you make another in the future , i would love to see how you coil the ropes.

I have been climbing for 10 years now and i am still learning stuff from those videos😂

Woow, I thought for some time my rope get twisted when I go down from 2 point anchors, but I was not 100% sure. I'm so happy to confirm that thanks!

14:58 I think it’s also proven that the body is a kinetic object and absorbs 2 times as much energy as a static object changes so much. So basically if you were four times the weight of your belayer and took that many hard falls your rope would give. So unless you’re training daily and taking some diabolically nasty whippers. Regular changing of your rope is super good enough. Either your cams would sheer the rock, you’d be begging to go down from the shocks of the falls, or your belayer is too freaked out to continue. Layers of redundancy are into place. I love it. Just don’t be cheap. Your saftey is worth it. Also general wear and friction is a bigger problem than falling on dynamic ropes

Great tips for rope kink. Other times the rope twists are right out from manufacturing, so I run the rope through the belay device about two times through. One other twist scenario is when using the Münter Hitch.

Enjoying the series, really useful. Totally agree with the 1/3 of a millimetre thing!

Re watching this because its just amazing

I love your masterclass! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

Some comments: - Imo dry ropes are the way to go for outside climbing. They are much more resistant to water, but also dirt and dust and well worth the additional price. - I cut ropes using a hot cutter (a electric pistol-like device that heats up a metal balde) that can be bought for ~15€ in hardware stores here in Germany. It cuts through ropes like butter an completely seals the end, which the lighter will not do. I also don't like the climbing tape becoming sticky and fizzling off, so this is the better method for me. - Old ropes can be up- / recycled into many things. Petzl has instructions for a classic foot mat for your house, but if you have a sewing machine you can do much more. Remove the cores and iron the sheets and you can make small round carpets / mats to take to the rock and keep your climbing shoes clean for the start of a climb, make cushions, build chalk bags, belts and laptop bags. The cores can be made into plant hangers or even hammocks with a bit of work. Possibilities are endless.

Exelente clase sobre cuerdas, la mejor que he visto. Saludos desde México.

Really nice work with this episodes! I hope you can keep on working on the chanel

Hi , I’m not a climber, but I’m loving your vids nonetheless. I’d be a climber if I could be, unfortunately these aspirations are beyond me now. I do enjoy watching others climb though and knowing about the equipment they use, comes courtesy of yourself. I appreciate your efforts. Thank you.

One of the best places to learn about climbing systems. Your videos are awesome, keep it up! 😁

no questions about ropes left - wow!