Database of fixed/stuck link cams in Red Rock

How many have we seen, how many can we find? This is a bit of an experiment. I'll log these for a bit like bad bolts

So....Database phase one.
Dark Shadows - 2 fixed Purple's right next two each other on Pitch 2.
Birdland - Fixed Yellow midroute (can't remember Pitch)
Bolted 5.11 right of straight st. on Brass wall where I saw one in corner near it
There is a yellow one at the top of p3 on Olive Oil
P1 of the Rainbow Wall.
There is a green one on Frogland at the roof traverse.

Why? What is the motivation behind the experiment?

There is a green one on Frogland at the roof traverse. It is super stuck.

For starters two off the top of my head...

Dark Shadows - 2 fixed Purple's right next two each other on Pitch 2.

Birdland - Fixed Yellow midroute (can't remember Pitch)

Just out curiosity, why only link cams?

this is funny, these are certainly stuck in many places, hard to extract with so many parts. There is a fun bolted 5.11 right of straight st. on Brass wall where I saw one in corner near it. I have a friend that cleaned one with broken wires- he sent it to Omega to be rewired and they sent him a new one. I personally don't use them but will clean them out if I can, not been successful yet.

I assume you want to gather information so you can attempt to recover them. Nice idea for an "experiment".

There is a yellow one at the top of p3 on Olive Oil, a bit off to the left. Good chance of getting it loose, I just didn't spend enough time on it.

AHAHAHAH! There are so many it will break the Database. The yellow one on Birdland is in a horizontal just off the belay on P4. Don't forget the one on P1 of the Rainbow Wall.

Not red rocks, but there's two #2 links about 6 feet apart from each other in the C1 crack after the robbins traverse on half dome. Even on sale, that's like $180 of cam lost in a body length.

I believe I cut the sling off the yellow one on Birdland, because it was so gross and tattered and I was sick of seeing people clip to it. I've been meaning to go up there with a hammer and chisel and knock that thing out, as well as bring some chain for the upper pitch anchors.

drewp wrote:Not red rocks, but there's two #2 links about 6 feet apart from each other in the C1 crack after the robbins traverse on half dome. Even on sale, that's like $180 of cam lost in a body length.

Chase D wrote:I assume you want to gather information so you can attempt to recover them. Nice idea for an "experiment". There is a yellow one at the top of p3 on Olive Oil, a bit off to the left. Good chance of getting it loose, I just didn't spend enough time on it.

Don't want to recover them, just curious how many are out there since they seem to love getting forged into cracks.

Phase two might be crowd sourcing some funding to hire a full time analyst to develop and maintain this database and track trends. See my link at dontwanttoworkbutwantmoney.…

I was serious about the green one on Frog land

Not sure if it is still there, but there was one (red?, yellow?) stuck on the first pitch of the OR on Rainbow Wall in 2012.

eli poss wrote:Just out curiosity, why only link cams?

I don't know if anyone has answered this yet, but on Birdland the yellow linkcam is on pitch 5 in a horizontal placement. I also believe there's one,or two on the traverse pitch of frog land..

Adam Burch wrote: Because they're garbage. Only smart application might be alpine fast/light guiding.

Chadley, did you read any of the previous comments? Lol

I would venture a guess that any competent party using proper double rope technique (or a pirate guide) would never get a link cam stuck. Clearly, Red Rock is overrun by an army of gumbies, which is why I climb there all the time. And claim to be local even though I live in St. George. LOL!

Wow! Another Dilliams poke...

T Roper wrote: calling bearbreeder right now, you'll wish you had never said that man