Devils Lake Toprope Clusterf*** PART 3

Boreal Strut wrote:

Is the tape supposed to be protecting the sling from the "edge"?

So it would seem. Solid risk management I'd say. Ha!

e-m-p wrote:

Is this the top of Vacillation?

It is

Doug Hemken wrote:

Garrett is clearly winning so far this year - unfair advantage, though.

My sheer volume of days out seems to help my findings here

Thin cord tied around a sharp block and clipped to a really bad nut. The "masterpoint" is a single locker. They then clipped two quickdraws to this single locker. Also theres some creative edge protection. Looks like a drawstring bag 

Birch Tree Crack

That's some Jive-assery!

Not my photo, person I know built this anchor and posted it on the socials.

Foreplay

That block wiggles….. a lot

toproping on your totem cams also just feels sacrilegious 

Same group. Whole anchor in a wiggly block and is just a series of Magic X’s 

we had a short discussion about assessing rock quality 

Got a fresh one.

Goodness gracious, I think that one takes the cake

Seth Strelow wrote:

Got a fresh one.

Wow … there’s so much. Just putting all their eggs in one basket. With a “I’m pretty sure this is right” set up. 

Definitely a horror show. The owner was suspicious of my claim that the whole block is detached. If you pull on a cam in that crack, that thing wiggles. (And you can get fingers under it).

It did seem like a harder area to set up with no big trees, large boulders, or obvious good cracks, but a bit of static/webbing could have extended back to a monster diving board boulder and a couple reasonable cracks.

Redundancy

Garrett, textbook!

peter graupner wrote:

That’s hilarious.  Like thinking “this detached block is sus, so if I cram it with enough gear, some may hold if it shifts”.    That may be the genius thinking behind the loose blocks Garret pointed out.  “If I brace all sides of a wobbly block with gear, is it still wobbly?”   Interesting perspective. 

Garrett Hopkins wrote:

Redundancy

I like the straightforward and unapologetic simplicity of this one.  Gets my stamp of approval!

Mark Pilate wrote:

I like the straightforward and unapologetic simplicity of this one.  Gets my stamp of approval!

I'd climb on it all day! Made me laugh when I saw it