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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 14, 2013 - 04:31pm PT
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Single anchor - "Are you feeling lucky today, punk?"
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Apr 14, 2013 - 08:43pm PT
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rjstefani
climber
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Apr 24, 2013 - 02:11pm PT
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Girlfriend's feet on some off-route belay on the "steps" on Long's Peak. Awesome day.
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treybomb
climber
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Apr 24, 2013 - 02:26pm PT
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Apr 24, 2013 - 02:42pm PT
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... natural...
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duncan
climber
London, UK
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Apr 24, 2013 - 03:06pm PT
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Seat (possibly SEAT) belt. Riglos, Spain.
More Riglos:
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D Fred
Trad climber
san francisco, ca
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Apr 24, 2013 - 11:01pm PT
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Here's an excerpt from last months rock and ice describing an amazing anchor Hayden Kennedy put together while first ascent'ing in the arrigetch peaks Alaska with tommy Caldwell and Corey Rich... Yikes!
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
WA, & NC & Idaho
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Apr 24, 2013 - 11:35pm PT
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Vitality,
I think yours wins,
I use to climb at Cooks With Nathan B all the time last decade~!!
Sh*t rock, but some good routes, fun FA's with the Nathan!!!
Once trundeled a block, after asking on a new route, I hit is brand new North Face Fleece, he was kinda pissed, still owe him a fleece!!!!!
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 25, 2013 - 01:06am PT
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how dare you let belaying get in the way of chugging that beer!
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jiff
Ice climber
colorado
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Apr 25, 2013 - 05:55pm PT
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At least she is knot rapping off of her gear loop.
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Blanch
Trad climber
Media, pa
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Apr 25, 2013 - 09:02pm PT
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At Sandrock in AL ... this is a no sh!tter! We saw this and I immediately made my friends fake pose for a picture while I actually zoomed on the fine gentleman in the background .... Don't worry though, that 7 mm cord was girth hitched around a tree stump that when kicked wobbles and falls apart from termites. :)
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jiff
Ice climber
colorado
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Apr 25, 2013 - 09:21pm PT
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jesus!
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 30, 2013 - 10:23pm PT
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What the hell?!?
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Crackslayer
Trad climber
Eldo
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Apr 30, 2013 - 10:40pm PT
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Don't worry though, that 7 mm cord was girth hitched around a tree stump that when kicked wobbles and falls apart from termites. :)
Damn! At least he is a big dude! That's darn sketch. The only sketchy belayers I have seen were at the gym.
The worst anchors for a belay I can think of are in the desert. To get back to the river after climbing barney rumble tower you have to rap off of a dead tree trunk half buried in the sand. Then there is the anchor on the first pitch of vision quest. It is a drilled pin equalized with cord that has a knot wedged in the crack. Easy to back up but if you decide to bail after the first pitch... There was a picture of the rap anchor off of the top of sparkling touch in climbing in magazine (2005 maybe?). I am sure someone has added cord to it since then but that doesn't add structural integrity to the deteriorating huecos of the rotten summit cap. And the worst anchors by far I have seen are on Argon tower in arches.
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Heh.
Curt
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10b4me
Ice climber
Happy Boulders
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Curt: About damn time the infamous "foot belay" joined the fray.
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