Silent Partner Resurrection

Jabroni McChufferson wrote:

Years of pontificating on mountain project and underwhelming real life performance will wear a fragile ego down 

Hah! I think that depends upon the order in which they occur. I've found - after a lifetime of underwhelming performance - that the 'pontification years' have been a real ego boost!

Ignatius Pi wrote:

Hah! I think that depends upon the order in which they occur. I've found - after a lifetime of underwhelming performance - that the 'pontification years' have been a real ego boost!

Agree!

J W wrote:

No disrespect taken! If multiple readers misread, chances are fair the fault lies with the writer. So I’ll accept that I should have articulated my question more effectively.

How many of you have taken inverted falls and how often does this occur?

I think that captures what I’m trying to better understand.

Because I acknowledge that I don’t have a good grasp of how likely this event is. It strikes me as obviously nonzero, but still quite a low risk, albeit one with potentially catastrophic consequences. As I’m clearly just guessing based on anecdotal evidence, I’m seeking additional feedback. I don’t know how else one draws better conclusions than to obtain available evidence.

The second part of my inquiry is verifying whether that risk, however high or low it is, can be effectively mitigated with backup knots.

Kevin offered additional data points. Do you have any to share? This is what I expected with the question. Seems downright reasonable, doesn’t it?

Thanks!

I've only ever taken one inverted fall but not while on LRS. I do climb LRS a fair bit (not nearly as much as the rest of you) but have never taken an inverted fall on any of the devices that I've used over the years.

Nate A wrote:

The more you trust your systems the more you can focus on the climb.

This is kind of the heart of the whole deal. Some folks are way into fucking around with 'the system' and spend more time focused on 'the system' than climbing. My measure of 'a system' is (once you have it dialed in) is you can't climb a multipitch trad route a third or a quarter faster than when you're partnered, then either 'the system' is too complex, you're not really comfortable with it yet, or you're somehow way too wrapped up in 'the system' vs 'the climb'.