Strappado

I have been into self-bondage for a long time, experimenting with many different positions, but never really getting it ‘just right.’ I wanted to tie myself up in a strappado position, legs tied at ankles and knees, with hands tied behind my back anchored to wall high above me bending me at the waist using a ice release. I also like to cross dress and wear 6” heels stockings and a metal boned corset.

The problem was, with my legs tied tightly together it was impossible to step off a stool or similar to get my arms pulled up behind me to keep the ropes tight enough, it was no fun if it was slack as it didn’t pull my arms high enough and allowed me to work myself free too easily, I wanted to be stuck, waiting for the ice to melt.

I found a hydraulic car trolley jack at a boot sale, it would go up almost 2 feet and best of all there was just a lever that had to be pulled to drop it down completely. I managed to fit a board on the top of the arm, bolting it through the metal, the board was of heavy plywood and was 18” square, and it would take my weight with ease. By experimenting I managed to attach a cord to the release lever, if I stood on the board with the arm at full height, all I had to do was pull on the cord, it would slowly release the pressure in the hydraulics and the board I was standing on would drop down to the floor, I was ready.

In the freezer I put a long length of rope into a 2 ½ litre container, pushing about a foot of the rope to the bottom then filling the container with water. After a day the ice was solid and the rope was firmly embedded, there was enough solid ice to allow me to swing on the rope without the ice breaking.

At the foot of the wall I was going to attach myself to, (downstairs hallway, with a tiled floor and a very high ceiling) I fixed a very sold metal eye, screwed right through the skirting board. Near the top of the wall slightly to one side of this eye I drilled the wall and with a very heavy raw plug fitted another metal eye, I would put the ice block on the floor feed it through the bottom eye then up to the top eye, the rope would not be able to be pulled through until a lot of the ice had melted, my arms should pull the rope out of the ice once it had melted part way. I hung the first block of ice over the bath it took just over 2 hours to melt down to the point were the rope could be pulled out, with difficulty. I refilled the container and added the rope ready for my adventure.

I went to prepare myself, I put on a pair of black frilly panties, a low cut bra, then added the corset a black satin affair with suspenders attached. I tightened up the laces at the back by hand as much as I could, difficult as it was behind my back; the corset hugged my waist and was tight around my chest. I had attached a hook to the wall, and tied the end of the laces to it then pulled myself forward, the corset tightened still further, pulling in my waist and constricting my chest, I had to take shallow breaths. Untying the laces from the hook whilst keeping the tension on was difficult, but I managed to get the laces tied keeping nearly all the compression in the corset, it was a wonderful feeling.

I sat down on the bed and put on the black sheer stockings, this was difficult as the corset stopped me bending forward at all! I had to bend my legs up and work the stockings over my feet and up my legs with my arms outstretched, finally attaching the suspenders, the ribbing of the corset was digging into me, I was finding breathing difficult and I was just sitting down. Then came the shoes black patent shoes with a 6” heel and an ankle strap. Again it was difficult but after a little struggle I had them firmly on my feet, they would not come off until the ankle strap was undone.

I walked about in the shoes, the heels seem to be pushing my body forward, the corset gave a wonderful tight feeling. I collected the rope and gag I needed and went carefully down stairs. The ice block was already on the floor, there was a small pool of water on the tiled floor, I had to get down on my knees, using the wall for support to thread the rope through the bottom eye, the corset stopped me bending from the waist, standing up, I reached above me and threaded the rope through the top eye leaving the end dangling about 4ft off the floor. The trolley jack was next to the skirting full raised, directly under the hook high up in the wall. I took the cord from the release lever and hooked the end over a picture hook so I would be able to get at it later.

Next to the jack I had left a chair, I sat on this with some difficulty and proceeded to tie my legs. Firstly above the knee, using a lot of rope then pushing the rope between my knees and clinching it tightly. Next I tied my ankles, the corset made this extremely difficult, I struggled to reach and was totally breathless by the time I have finished, my ankles were bound tightly together, clinched, my legs were almost welded together by the rope.

I stood up on my bound legs, teetering on the heels; I had to hold on to the back of the chair and wall to stop myself falling over. I picked up the ball gag and hung it loosely around my neck, and put a further length of rope over my shoulder, this was going to be used to bind my arms. Using the back of the chair and the wall I managed to lift my legs up until I was standing on the board on top of the jack, my head was almost touching the ceiling. I teetered on top of the board, steadying myself for a few moments, the board was solid, and everything was working as planned. I took the rope off my shoulder and started to tie my hands together in front of me, using my teeth to pull the rope through the wrists and clinch it, the rope wasn’t tight, yet. Struggling I pull my right wrist out of the rope, leaving a the ropes round my left wrist with several loops of rope sticking out where my other wrist had been. I had to hold the wall for a few seconds as I had destabilised myself. Once I was ready I lifted the ball gag and pushed it firmly into my mouth, using both hands, careful not to mess up the rope loop I tightened the strap of the gag, pulling the straps into the corner of my mouth.

Then came the difficult part, I put both arms behind my back and pushed the right wrist back through the loop, it was a bit of a struggle, but I managed it, then without being able to see what I was doing, managed to tighten up the ropes and added another knot, but I knew from past experience wriggling free from the ropes would be relatively easy. Reaching behind me I found the rope dangling down from the top eye, pulling it tight I started to wrap the ropes around the clinch rope between my wrists, lifting my arms as high as I could, trying at the same time to balance on the heels, leaning forward with the corset digging into me. Satisfied that the rope was properly tied I searched around behind me for the picture hook with the cord from the jack attached with my bound hands, after a few seconds I located it and lifted it off the hook, now for the moment of truth, would it work?

I started to pull the cord tight, using one hand to bundle spare cord into the palm of the other hand till it was tight, then a little more pressure, was anything happening? Then I felt myself dropping very slowly an inch at a time, my body was descending, nothing I could do now to stop the process. After 20 seconds my arms were being pulled upwards as my body moved down, after 30 seconds I was starting to lean forward and the rope at my wrist ropes was tightening, by 40 seconds I was really having to lean forward my arms stretched up behind me and the jack was still descending. It took another 20 seconds for the jack to fully lower to the floor, at that point my bottom was pulled against the wall, my arms were dragged high above my back and I was bent over almost horizontally with the corset reducing my breathing to almost nothing. I struggled against the ropes, but my wrists were locked together by the rope from the ice, they were very tight, my shoulders were hurting from having my arms forced up so high, I was truly stuck and in an extreme position. My head was down all I could see was the floor.

I was panicking at this point, breathing was difficult, my back hurt from the position my shoulders were taking a lot of my weight, I had really overdone it. It tried to wriggle my wrists to see if I could get loose, but the rope had tightened to an alarming extent, there was no way of escape until the ice melted!

I calmed myself down as much as possible, trying to think of a solution, I had got what I wanted, but this was too much! I tried to pull down my arms but the block of ice holding the rope was too solid, I couldn’t raise my arms any higher to give me any slack, all I could do now was wait.

I stood there in a position that would have been difficult to achieve even with a second person, my legs were trembling my back was hurting and my shoulders were hurting as my arms were bent so far backwards, I screamed my frustration at this position into the gag, no sensible sound came out, calling for help, if the neighbours could have heard would be impossible. With my head down I could see the ice, it was still a big block and although there was quite a pool of water around it did not seem to have reduced much, there was no way to reach it, my legs were well tied together and still on the board on top of the jack, 6” higher than the ice, anyway I couldn’t move my legs the pressure of my upper body was keeping me routed to the spot.

I stood there, fixed in position, my arms screaming to be released, there was no movement in my arms to allow a more comfortable position, pulling down on the rope I could see the ice was not going to release the rope anytime soon, I just hung there. Presumably because of the position the muscles in my legs were starting to ache adding to my misery, I had been in this position only a short time, probably 20 minutes at most, it could take hours before the ice melted.

Time drags slowly when you are in a predicament like this, each minute seemed to add to the pains in my body, my jaw ached from the ball gag, the corners of my mouth hurt from were the gag strap was biting in.

Then I heard a sound of a car stopping outside my house, a car door closing, I looked towards the front door, there was an inner and outer door both with panes of frosted glass, I could see the shape of a person at the outer door, due to the hall being a lot darker they would not be able to see me, provided I kept still. Part of me wanted to attract their attention and I thought of shouting through the gag, but I was too concerned about being found in this position, very difficult to explain,  the doorbell rang, the person waited, after what seemed like 10 minutes but was probably less than 30 seconds they turned and left, any hope of rescue from that source had gone.

The rope from the ice had tightened considerably around the clinch rope of my wrists, my left hand was starting to go numb through lack of circulation, I had lost all feeling, my right hand was losing some sensation, if I lost feeling in my hands how would I ever release myself? I wiggled my hands trying to keep the circulation going, but the ropes were unforgiving, time move on.

I was at the point of tears, the aches and the frustration were getting to me, suddenly there was movement, my arms jerked down a couple of inches, looking at the ice part of the rope had pulled through, this gave me limited relief , I pulled on the rope with my arms and the rope pulled down a little more I could see the ice was releasing some of the rope, by lifting my arms just a little and then tugging I managed to break more of the rope free of the ice, then suddenly it all came free. I was caught unawares my arms that were holding me up were not useless to me as I pivoted off the board on the trolley jack headfirst towards the floor only just managing to get my shoulder out to take the brunt of the fall, I screamed into the gag with the force of the blow, a new agony to those already there.

I was lying on my side on the tiled floor, cold water from the ice was wetting my side and legs, I rolled myself onto my front and managed to push myself out of the water by using my bound legs, this was made difficult by the water on the floor, but I eventually got my body across to the other side of the hall. I assessed my situation, my hands were still tightly bound behind my back, my shoulder hurt from the impact, but nothing seemed broken, by wriggling my wrists the ropes seemed less tight, but the ropes were burning my wrists with the effort and I would be left with some serious marks. I struggled on for a minute, growing ever more frustrated before there was some movement in the ropes, after twisting a little I managed to get one wrist free, seemingly scraping off more skin as I dragged it free of the ropes. I removed the gag with trembling fingers, never again I said to myself.

20 minutes later, when I had freed myself and inspected my body to see there was no lasting damage, I found myself thinking how could this be made better next time.

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