What do you think of this placement?

I'm thinking the picture was inadvertently rotated and that this is more likely the direction of pull, in which case:
Yeah its probably fine but I'd put in more gear when the opportunity arose.

Would flip then maybe whip.

If it was a white cam, it probably just assumed its placement.

Tim Stich wrote: If it was a millennial cam, it probably just assumed its placement.

FTFY

Chris Jones wrote: Looks marginal.  I'd be worried it'd walk when i clipped it long and moved past.  I'd use one of my totems instead.  If it was all i had, i'd move with caution and hope i didn't whip.  you do what you gotta do.

This is the answer.  Not as good as "textbook".  Not as bad as "shit".  What are you gonna do if you're run out?  NOT clip it?

don'tchuffonme wrote:

This is the answer.  Not as good as "textbook".  Not as bad as "shit".  What are you gonna do if you're run out?  NOT clip it?

Looks like a good candidate for one of those old school 2" bongs instead. HAMMER THAT SHIT IN

If that were one of the orange totems that everyone complains are too floppy it'd be BOMBER. As it is, sure, I'd fall on that. 

Ive done worse

nope but I'd garble on and on about it on MP.

Russ Keane wrote: Light shining ? What ?  You do realize that top part of the lobe doesn't matter.  Also and more importantly why did you start a thread asking others what they think and then chastise them.

Underneath brother. That left lobe does not appear to be touching anything. Chastise? Pretty sensitive there

Eli Buzzell wrote:

I'm thinking the picture was inadvertently rotated and that this is more likely the direction of pull, in which case:
Yeah its probably fine but I'd put in more gear when the opportunity arose.

Fuck Eli. Well done. That looks much better

The bottom of that crack looks like an ideal offset nut placement, between the trigger and the lobes of the cam.

TBlom wrote: Should have placed a tri-cam!

Or possibly a bolt

The wee bit of the sling that you can see makes me think that the original picture, orientation, is correct.

Looks to me like a smaller cam, or an offset, might fit further into the narrower (right) end of the feature.

An if the left lobe were not touching the rock, as some appear to be saying, then it would not be retracted as it is. 

I’d be pretty happy with that, depending on the direction of pull. But really, grow up and buy some totems like an adult.

Anonymous wrote: Not ideal. Flaring and shallow.  The other thing that never gets discussed is the effect on that cable stem if you do take a real sailing voyage on a horizontal placement and it holds. In many other mechanical applications (winches for example), any sharp deformation in a load-bearing cable = retire the cable.  Climbers are more apt to pretend all is golden...bra.

This is one of the things about BD ULs that seems awesome to me, but no one seems to bring up. 

“May or may not hold” is good enough for this book. 

Andy Eiter wrote: “May or may not hold” is good enough for this book.

I whip on the OPs placement before I hung on that books placement. 

depends on the direction of fall....fall to the right (definitely holds).....fall to the left (might hold)....clipping it for sure!

F Loyd wrote:

I whip on the OPs placement before I hung on that books placement. 

The book is Rock Climbing Anchors: A Comprehensive Guide by Craig Luebben, for any curious.