I need some ideas for another section...
I have this big ravine, and in one area near the top, you have to rappel down into it.
Then you go down the ravine a bit and you have a longer rope climb out of it.
But I still need to get back down into the ravine to complete the obstacles inside the ravine and I need another fun way to get back down. Right now, I just climb up the big rope, then rappel back down the same rope. It works, but I want to do something different.
There is a good spot to set up a downward angled rope traverse between two trees, something like this but angled downwards into the ravine:
But if you fall off the rope near the beginning, it's like a 10' drop to uneven ground.
There is also a spot to do a short, "fast rope" drop, kind of like this:
but I've heard that using some ropes, those things are hard on your hands.
An actual "fast rope" is out of my budget, but I do know how to do the 4-Strand Round Braid that fast ropes are made with, like this:
So I could make one myself out of climbing rope. I do have 3 climbing ropes but I'm not quite ready or willing to cut them up, and buying a new one to cut up is a little hard for me to do as well.
I was planning on using a gym rope something like this:
Which is much cleaper at like 53 bucks for 30 feet, but I've heard those natural style ropes (Hemp, Sisal, Manilla, Jute, etc...) are hard on your hands for sliding down like a firepole. I've even heard the actual fast ropes are also hard on your hands for sliding down without gloves. I know the real dudes wear gloves when going down a fast rope, but I'm incorporating this course into my regular hike which I do at least every other day, and I don't want to wear gloves on this hike.
I suppose I could just bring a pair and put them on for this, and that might be my best option, but I'm wondering if anyone here has any other ideas on how to get down the side of a steep walled ravine in the woods, that can be as high as 25 feet and as low as about 10 feet (depending on where I drop in) that is also fun to do, and a bit of a workout.
Or if you have one of these ropes at home or your gym, can you try climbing up it then sliding down it like a firepole with bare hands and tell me what you think a 20 foot-ish slide would be like on your hands. Same thing if you happen to have access to a real fast rope.
Thanks.