Friday, November 26, 2021

You could do it that way.

 

The webbing is threaded through the figure 8 knot, as well as being clipped together.
You've got a choice, why put the gate down towards the rock where it could be opened.
Another view of the "unique" attachment.

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Bad anchors and bad behavior.

More crap form the Internet, note the eye splice and non-climbing carabiner.



 The other anchor is the dead tree, with a loose loop and knot. While the guy was rigging, his kid was throwing sticks over the cliff. Two missed me, I thought it was the high winds, the third was bigger and closer, then I knew what it was. He told the kid to stop, no apology then, and not when he came down to climb.

Friday, November 19, 2021

Ok, let's review one more time.

See that big pile of orange rope on the left? That means the climber could have just tied knots, eliminating two unnecessary links in the belay chain. The rope is 8MM cord, totally inappropriate for a top rope anchor. A climber will hit the ground if they fall before their feet are higher than six feet off the ground. Ropes have strands to absorb force, 8 MM means way fewer strands, so the rope just stretches.
 

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Hang em high.

Tiny ropes and tiny trees.

Take all your gear to add a boulder.

 Big trees, bigger ropes, still hoping to strangle hikers.