Saturday, April 29, 2023

"Pretty flowers, let's kill then."

The tiny tree has a nice knot but an inexplicable flying knot with carabiner and clove hitch.

Freshly picked and discarded.
 

Beware the "INSTRUCTOR."

 

Thin cord with a critical single carabiner.

More cord, anchors over 90 degrees apart.

This is a solo climber's anchor. It will get weighted, the materials have minimal safety margin. Note the hollow tree at right.

The tiny tree at right is the primary anchor, it is wrapped up like a mummy, but it isn't a tensionless anchor. The guy's red shirt reads "INSTRUCTOR".

Sunday, April 9, 2023

Nobody had to be raised from the dead.

Thjere's a knot here, though its purpose is unclear.

The dead tree still speaks to some.

You need the flying rock anchor because...

Your tree anchor is bullshit.

The dead tree has a bowline without a backup knot

When the rope mess isn't enough add a hex with lots of non-locking carabiners.

This fell out of the sky without warning. When you say "rope" to yourself it doesn't count.

 

Sunday, April 2, 2023

Never use a clove hitch, here's why.

 

Looks like a bowline, a figure 8, carabiner and clove hitch.

It started as a clove hitch, that's what happens when it is loaded and unloaded, jut like any top rope anchor.

Worse when attached to a shoelace.