Tiny trees seem more popular.

A couple of cams were probably intended as a directional, they are holding a lot of the weight.

Two tiny trees with mystery knots, and way up on the trunk. The one in the foreground moves when you push it.

Strangle those hikers!

How high is your anchor?

About as high as they could reach.

 

Both gates bumping against the rock.

 

All good, right?

A cam in a crack formed by a detached block and a hollow tree.

Dead tree, tiny tree, high anchor, and the climbing rope dragging across the rock.

 

They can't stay away.

Everything is half-assed: tiny tree, tiny runner, single carabiner, gate down, unstable clove hitch and a botched fisherman's knot. What's not to like?

 

More crap from Amazon.

No name carabiner and webbing from Amazon.

Yes, that's a slack line as an anchor.

Mystery gear attaching the slack line to a tree.

 

Rip those trees out.

 The anchors are way up those small trees, hard on the trees, more importantly the climber can hit the ground several feet up the climb, when the trees bend.

Any anchor should be a real anchor.

The tiny tree is a joke. The enormous tree in the background is fine. The little tree was holding weight, no excuse for this.

They just can't stop using the REALLY dead tree and the tiny tree.

Passed up lots of good anchors to create one that is actually weakening the system.

 

Don't buy no-name climbing stuff from China.

You can find this stuff at their web site with an American flag and fractured English, claiming the company is in Las Vegas. You can also find it on Amazon made by Meituo, as in "Me Too" a rip-off.

No name at all. When you buy this stuff you take money away from legitimate manufacturers who improve products and test them for your protection.

 

New contender for worst ever, the bondage anchor.

Yes, that's a chain, five feet up a tree, with five ropes attached, running across the Billygoat Trail.