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prusik, a. Mountaineering.|ˈprʌsɪk|
Also (erron.) prussik, and with initial capital.
[f. the name of Karl Prusik, Austrian mountaineer.]
Used to designate a method invented by Dr. Prusik of ascending a climbing rope by means of two separate continuous loops, each attached to it by a special knot (prusik knot) which tightens when weight is applied and slackens when it is removed, thus enabling the loop to be moved up the rope. Also ellipt. as n. Hence as v., to climb with the aid of prusik loops or similar devices; ˈprusiking vbl. n.
1937E. A. M. Wedderburn Alpine Climbing vi. 101 By employing the Prusik method he [sc. a man who has fallen] may be able to get himself out of a crevasse unaided... He first attaches the middle-sized loop of cord to the climbing rope as high as he can reach with a Prusik knot.., passes it through his waist loop, [etc.]. 1946J. E. Q. Barford Climbing in Brit. v. 68 The Prusik Knot or Friction Hitch. This is a new and very useful hitch which is used for attaching a subsidiary rope or sling to the main rope. 1955M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber v. 83 We..moved on carefully, realising that, despite Prussik slings, rescue operations are extremely difficult. 1956R. C. Evans On Climbing vii. 105 Each person in the party should have two Prusik loops (nine-foot lengths of Italian hemp cord spliced to make a rope ring). 1959H. Merrick tr. Harrer's White Spider 199 It is..obvious that Longhi was unfamiliar with the ‘Prusik-knot’ technique. Ibid. 200 It would not have taken Longhi half an hour to ‘Prusik’ himself by his own efforts up to the overhang. 1968[see jumar]. 1972D. Haston In High Places i. 8 He can use a special wrap-around knot to attach himself to the rope. This is called a prussik knot, after its German inventor. Ibid. ix. 103 Mike and I prussiked up in two hours to the high point. Ibid. xi. 120 A carry from Camp IV, up the overhanging prussiks, along the horizontal horrors of the ice ridge and up the never-ending icefields above. 1977Guardian Weekly 20 Mar. 19/2 Two of the instructors..help to provide a wide variety of experience in the arts of prusiking, abseiling, and all the necessary techniques, to both the advanced specialist and to schoolchildren. |