Thank you for sharingKeep them coming
Expedition Leader
Thank you for sharing
Adventurer
Heres me up on the NF of Looking Glass hanging off a stupid bat hook on a A3+
ahhh !! such a sickening feeling :P
Expedition Leader
Cool. I've never tried aid climbing but it looks like rope drag could be a real, well, drag without some careful directionals.Originally Posted by weatherm
Cheers,
Graham
Graham Fitter
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Expedition Leader
How in the world do you all not freeze up? Or did you early on? I've done some rock gym stuff, but never outdoors. I worry that I'd freeze up.
Adventurer
Nice! Glad to see you getting into it! I believe that is where a freind and I used to go back when I lived in Albuquerque. It was a lot of fun for those times I just couldn't get out and climb. Now I just don't have the time period.
Adventurer
yeah its a angled roof pitch ... really had to not get rope drag b/c the follower has to just up the lead rope to hand dog off the gear and clean. No real good way to do that pitch.. we whipped out my portoledge to a cool / brisk full moon that night and ate a bunch of noodles and stuff off my hanging stove i made from a MSR pocket rocket. Manged to ride out a thunderstorm too... it was soo baller
Expedition Leader
Freeze up is strictly for ice climbing. Specifically belaying!
The thing about top-roping or climbing second -- where the rope is above you and kept snug -- is it doesn't really matter if you let go or can't make the move. Once your head is freed of that worry its all about climbing just one move at a time and concentrating on that one move.
That's how my head works, anyway. Other heads may vary.
Cheers,
Graham
Graham Fitter
Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.
Expedition Leader
Who cares about a summit when you come back uninjured! That hunk of rock is still there for you to go back and have more fun!yeah its a angled roof pitch ... really had to not get rope drag b/c the follower has to just up the lead rope to hand dog off the gear and clean. No real good way to do that pitch.. we whipped out my portoledge to a cool / brisk full moon that night and ate a bunch of noodles and stuff off my hanging stove i made from a MSR pocket rocket. Manged to ride out a thunderstorm too... it was soo baller
Thanks for the pictures. My rock climbing is limited but the guys who put up with me are always fun to be with.
Jim
4x4 Tourist
Trip reports are on my Blog: "Sun To The North"
Two Favorite Expo Quotes: "A bad day on the trail is better than a good day in the city" & "Bad days make for GREAT stories!"
Expedition Leader
The lure of Palisades Glacier is what got me started in mountaineering. I've managed to get to just about everywhere but there! Life is strange....
Jim
4x4 Tourist
Trip reports are on my Blog: "Sun To The North"
Two Favorite Expo Quotes: "A bad day on the trail is better than a good day in the city" & "Bad days make for GREAT stories!"
Adventurer
I fell in after jumping up and down on the ice
I'll never climb in shorts agian! Other then the rock gym I'm a newb...
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