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| Sure it is a big tree ut it is pretty hollow. This guy had to tie one loop around the rope rope rather than a real knot. This is the only anchor, I would have no problem with that if it were bomber. |
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| Yes, tensionless anchors work, not tying of the end is criminal. Fortunately he had another good anchor. If you tie one shit anchor, sooner or later you will tie two. |
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| The gym "instructor" rigged the active climbing rope going over sharp edges. The corner on the left developed a pile of red fibers from abrasion. |
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| No, putting the rope above the hollow doesn't make it stronger. The knot at left is grinding on edges of the boulder. |
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| The rope at bottom isn't bad, the one on the single branch above, not so much. |
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| OK, it is the biggest trunk, but look at those roots. This is not an anchor, this is a bad idea. |
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| The AMGA may tell you a knot to secure the tail isn't needed on a figure 8, nobody will tell it isn't needed on a bowline. |
