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| Lots of girth hitches, webbing running over edges. |
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| Worst placement ever on the left, not much better on the right. The block is big but loose, so the cams are levering it up. |
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| Run your anchor across the trail. |
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| Too high on the tree, slings and carabiners, despite lots of rope. |
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| Bowlines with no stopper knots and too short tails. |
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| Webbing when they had lots of rope. |
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| Run your anchor over your friend's. |
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| Scrawny tree, webbing etc. |
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| One loose rock as an anchor. |
I saw the cam placements and the rest of this anchor on Saturday and was truly scared. Today 12/13/2015 at Carderock was even more scary. There was a guy that girth hitched at least 4-5 loops of 9mm cord on one anchor and 2-3 loops on another. Then there is the guy with at least 100' of static which he tied to a bomber tree and then used numerous wide angles and cams in sketchy placements. He told me he has been climbing at Carderock for 40 years. I said good luck and went on my way.
ReplyDeleteI got some of them today, sadly I neglected to bring my phone along while moving my rig, so many escaped.
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