Your abseil system around 1:40. What are you comments on the setup? There looks like no redundancy built into the system if the boulder moves or the rope slides. Is this a standard setup and what would you do if you did not have a large secure boulder to use? leave gear behind? This is not a criticism, just wondering what the standard procedure would be for abseiling while crossing a ridge?
Look at the size of the boulder, it probably weighs several tons and has been there for centuries! You would test it first with pushes and kicks, inspect the sound of it, and then make sure the rope runs cleanly around the base and won’t pop off or get cut. Another option people use is to leave sections of tat rope and abseil off that, or when necessary, rock climbing gear
brilliant I have done this on an a nice wet windy day but this is something else.
Thanks for sharing. I forgot how good it was up there :-)
Pretty impressive and rather scary!!
Bold.
Your abseil system around 1:40. What are you comments on the setup? There looks like no redundancy built into the system if the boulder moves or the rope slides. Is this a standard setup and what would you do if you did not have a large secure boulder to use? leave gear behind? This is not a criticism, just wondering what the standard procedure would be for abseiling while crossing a ridge?
Look at the size of the boulder, it probably weighs several tons and has been there for centuries! You would test it first with pushes and kicks, inspect the sound of it, and then make sure the rope runs cleanly around the base and won’t pop off or get cut. Another option people use is to leave sections of tat rope and abseil off that, or when necessary, rock climbing gear
Hi, do you climb from the east or west face? Which route is easier?
+Michael Gregg East to West is better, you finish at the pub :-)
I would rather do it in winter with gear then in summer without.
and you start 400ft higher.. save the old legs a bit.