Un-belay-vable

I just finished reading all the Un-belay-vable archives on climbing and i wanted to hear some stuff from you guys, if you have any stories i'd like to hear them.

This one time at belay camp?

Once I forgot to put the twist in a sliding X.

I live with my shame every day.

I was climbing a route on toprope and as I was passing the belayed side of the rope I noticed that the weave on the rope looked fuzzy...really fuzzy. I was like, This 10.5 rope is going to snap like a twig. Definitely a "No fall situation"! Luckily I got to the top. Probably one of the scariest moments of my life. 

Last year I volunteered to help rebolt some walls. Well at the top of the route, I went in direct to the new anchors with just a PAS. I had to remove the old hardware with an a hand grinder. As soon as I got started, sparks started spraying everywhere, including the PAS. It only occurred after I finished that a shower of thousand degree steel sparks would have no problem melting clear through the dyneema. Once again I survived my stupidity. I should probably shit-can that thing

My partner got to the top of a single pitch trad route and shouted down to me “almost off belay!” While trying to sort out the anchor. Naturally I only hear 2/3rds of it a responded accordingly.

Chris Blatchley wrote:

My partner got to the top of a single pitch trad route and shouted down to me “almost off belay!” While trying to sort out the anchor. Naturally I only hear 2/3rds of it a responded accordingly.

Not a very dangerous story but at my gym you can hear the distinct gate clicks as the leader snaps the rope through the anchors. One time it turned out to be someone else but I still took in slack and ran backwards until my climber yelled I was pulling him off the wall haha