Monday, August 29, 2022

Don't leave your stuff at the top of the crag.

All this gear laying around is a temptation. It may feel like a wilderness but you're only a mile from the beltway.
 

Saturday, August 13, 2022

All minds are not equal.


This guy really doesn't like the "Refrigerator" block because it is way overhung on the other side. He chooses to loop a sling over a slippery edge. If it comes off, it jerks on the Refrigerator with real force. It's still summer, don't leave your gear up top to tempt juvenile delinquents.

The anchor is way too high on a too small tree. He tied a perfectly adjustable bowline, but added a figure 8, carabiner and clove hitch. Where did he epidemic of clove hitches come from?
 

Friday, August 12, 2022

Belt and suspenders, but...

Bowline tied with a bight, nice tie-off knot, so the carabiner is overkill, waiting to be stolen. Yes, that's a thing, though more at Great Falls.

But the tree is majorly hollow.