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| Ten huge vans and equipment trucks for an REI video crew, plus the usual summer camps. |
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| Gotta have tents for the caterers, plus a FOG MACHINE. |
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| The didn't tell the PATC trail crew. They couldn't do much with chain saws but cleared the worst blowdown. |
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| Not this way boys and girls. When are they going to install handrails? |
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| Doesn't matter because that's a single bowline, which always needs a tie off knot. |
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| Their other anchor looks like a bowline connected to a figure 8 with a carabiner. |
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| There are threads on bigger rocks nearby. This is also levering the small end upwards. |
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| Give the tree roots a break, the tree needs them. |
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| Not quite long enough, leaving the carabiners to jam into each other. |
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| The one in the back is twice the size. I guess they figured the roots were helping. |
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| One anchor is blue rope to the tiny cedar at left. The yellow rope goes to the tiny tree at right. |
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| They explained why the other anchors are low, right? The rappel anchor is high because they didn't bring enough diapers. |
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| The haul bag alone retails for $135. Who knows what goodies are inside? Nobody in sight, it could be gone in a heartbeat. |
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| Loose single bowline, no stopper knot, on a tiny tree. |
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| Bag o' boat rope. |
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| Another loose bowline. |
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| The right lobe of the cam is barely making contract. The carabiner gate is facing the rock to be forced open. |
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| Another gate facing the rock. |
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| It's a rappel anchor. It's not a "high redirect", which is bull anyway, all of the stress is on the tree, up high maximizing leverage. These guys were jumping down the cliff, shock loading the tree. |
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| At least the other anchor is bomber. This is 9MM canyoneering rope, not static. |
