Still standing, still dead. |
This root gets used constantly, despite the 3' diameter tree next to it. Note the carabiner instead of a knot on the webbing and the single cam in friable rock. |
Anchor 4 feet up the tree but the lower anchor has two knots and a carabiner instead of one knot. |
Same problem with a runner, single non-locking carabiner, not to mention the 7MM rope. |
The only good news here is that the anchor is low enough to be pulling down on the runners. The climbers were moving side to side, ignorant of how directional the anchor was. |
Should you ever reduce the safety margin when you don't have to? Two added points of failure. Single carabiner when BD and DMM recently recalled their lockers? Clove hitch when a bowline is just as adjustable? This group had a "guide". |