Thursday, June 28, 2018

Great Falls.

9MM with one carabiner facing the rock. The clove hitch is loose enough to jump onto the carabiner gate.

Never use a tree root, the single non locking carabiner is facing the rock.

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Don't run your anchor over a trail, don't completely block the trail with your stupid hammock

See the trail marker blaze.

Gotta have chairs, hammock, coolers and boombox to go climbing.

Monday, June 25, 2018

When you come up short, use your rope bag as a condom.

Don't use webbing like rope, it will cut in a heartbeat.

Seemed like a good idea but nylon on nylon will melt your rope bag in no time.

Sunday, June 17, 2018

They tied one knot right.

That's a figure 8 on the left, and looks like not quite a double fisherman's on the right. They have created a large loop of rope, so it isn't two strands, it is one anchor. This is the tree above the X. It lost some roots when fungus attacked it a few years ago, so I don't use it by itself as an anchor

They didn't get it over the edge despite all the extra rope, and they used one locking carabiner to attach the climbing rope.

Thursday, June 14, 2018

I didn't understand what language they were speaking. They were from New Zealand.

Clove hitch, unnecessary slings and carabiners, some with the gate facing the rock.

"Missed it by THAT much." Not using the bogus BFK would fix this.

Another mess, love the anchors/projectiles.

When using single strand webbing, run it under a sharp edge, putting it under tension for better cutting.

Carabiners neither reversed nor opposed.

Cargo strap as climbing anchor, not the usual 3 inch, just 1 inch.

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Don't pull on the refrigerator.

Slinging this loose block with 9MM isn't a great idea. With all the rain some stable blocks have loosened up.

Saturday, June 9, 2018

5MM cord is a bad idea.

In addition to being way too high on the tree, the 4 8MM anchors (2 climbs) were constantly stretching and vibrating with every movement of the climbing rope. Sure, you read on the Internet that 5MM is strong enough, it is about cutting. Stop looking at crap on YouTube.

How high did the water get? See the line of dirt 12 feet up at the second flake on
Triple A?