They're out.

This blacksnake is about 4 feet long. He was sunning himself right where we wanted to put our anchor. As the sun went down he crawled back into his crevice.

God protects fools and drunks.

Barely hanging on, how big is that thing?

Two cams in a flaring crack in rock that breaks. Note the yellow cord.

It's 7MM cord, clipped into a non-locking carabiner on a dog bone sport draw.

I've seen bigger shoelaces.

This is 7MM cord, it stretches every time the belayer takes in rope.

There is no way this thing weighs even 100 pounds.

Pick a tree anchor that includes less air.

Which kills first, virus or anchor?

This tiny tree is the only anchor.

The gold carabiner on the right is totally side loaded. Note the abrasion on the left strand of webbing.

REALLY?

If you only know one knot, tie lots of them.

This is not an anchor.

Feet up a skinny tree is just stupid.

A tensionless anchor with two good knots, degraded by adding a mission critical single carabiner, gate down so it can be forced open. This is a climbing rope, we have an infestation of gym climbers. The gyms finally closed.

Another climbing rope and single carabiner. Did they really need the runner or just not know what else to do.

Absolutely no use for a carabiner.

The backup knot is completely safe. The carabiner is inviting trouble, kids steal them when school is out, which would be RIGHT NOW!

Simple is best.

He had enough white rope to do the second anchor. Instead, he used a sling of the infamous canyoneering rope, which isn't static, and used a single carabiner, with the gate facing down towards the rock so it could be opened.

Tiny trees.

Tiny tree, made smaller by not using the third trunk.

High anchor increases the leverage on the tree.

Less than 6 inches in diameter.

When you can't remember the right knot, tie lots.