worst anchors ever....
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Some of the beautiful anchors to be found on the face of leaning tower below the traversing approach ledge. |
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^-- I think your system is kinda sketch, having the tagline go through your webbing is a noobish thing, just tie a 8 on a bight and put it on the quicklink and you will be fine. |
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Hmann2 wrote:Found this in a thread a few months ago.I love that there are two biners on that spaghetti can. But the main issue with the anchor is that the can is not redundant. They must have had a second can that they could have thrown in there as a backup. Cheapskates. Gotta be careful, you know. |
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On the first page of this thread there was a reply that had two photos. |
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Brian C. wrote: 3 nails as a rappel anchor on the Pawnee Buttes in NE Colorado.no fucking way.... wow... |
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This is a fun thread! I think this site deserves a place here |
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Posted this somewhere else before but was it was so bad it deserves to be in this thread. |
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Bruce Hildenbrand wrote:Unfortunately, the 'fixed' anchor has a major flaw in it's design. It is bad practice to 'hitch' or fix the rappel ring in a single position, especially if it is an aluminum ring as is the case here. If you fix the position of the rappel ring it will wear much faster than if you leave it loose on the cord or webbing. The correct way to 'fix' the anchor is to just pass the cord through the ring.Maybe anyone who can't figure out how to rotate the ring around a bit should let someone else set up the rappel? |
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I saw someone belaying his friends up a 5.7 approach to a crag on this anchor. Somehow he works as a guide. He wasn't working at the time, but it's scary that I asked about it and he thought it was bomber. The tricam is placed backwards with the webbing folded over the nose, and the nut in the lower leg is behind a loose block. Good thing no one fell. |
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Will.S wrote: I saw someone belaying his friends up a 5.7 approach to a crag on this anchor. Somehow he works as a guide. He wasn't working at the time, but it's scary that I asked about it and he thought it was bomber. The tricam is placed backwards with the webbing folded over the nose, and the nut in the lower leg is behind a loose block. Good thing no one fell.I hope the triaxial loaded carabiner and the linked non-locking 'biners are not SOP for the "guide" either. |
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MojoMonkey wrote: I hope the triaxial loaded carabiner and the linked non-locking 'biners are not SOP for the "guide" either.Unfortunately, I think they might be. I was only pointing out the problems that weren't immediately obvious. |