Near Miss on Cathedral Peak
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Damn i just read through all 10 pages and this jackass never even had the courtesy to make an appearance. |
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TravisJBurke wrote: There's at least one thread on this rappelling method (https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/107988024/reepschnur-rappel-inquiry). Apparently the idea is that you can rappel the full length of your lead line and use a pull line that's not suitable for rappelling by itself (damaged, too thin to start with, etc.). |
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As much as it pains to me to give this shithead any credit, the folks complaining about his biner block are off-base. https://www.petzl.com/US/en/Sport/Belaying-and-descending-on-multi-pitch-climbs-on-a-single-rope |
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Ryan Huetter wrote: Care to elaborate what is wrong with this photo? |
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Ryan Huetter wrote: This is an acceptable biner block for a single line rappel (with a locker). |
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mark felber wrote: Certainly, it did work...but in both the reepschnur and the petzl page, the rappel is backed up by clipping the tag line biner on the rappel line...which he hasn't done (2:00 minute mark)...I think that biner will likely not pass through the link he is rapping off, but...it's a very simple fix to close the system...(I think, as well, he may not know to EDK the ropes together...he simply overhand 8'ed both to the biner--which is weird...) It works, but isn't the system I would choose...if the knot gets pulled through and he's really rapping off the biner--then (as someone said earlier) he's got to prusik back up to pull through the system... |
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kendallt wrote: You forget who we're talking about. He'd "free solo" right up there. |
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Dear god I could only make it to page 4 of this thread. This guy makes me want to start carrying around a dart blowgun so that I can tag this guy when he's on a ledge, make a swami belt and chest harness out of his copious webbing and lower him down while unconscious....... |
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Lol he went back a week ago to the same spot where he broke his leg originally.....apparently he is learning from at least some of his mistakes as he didn't just jump the gap outright this time |
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Christopher Smith wrote: My money says he keeps a mummified baby in that bag he drags around. |
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Christopher Smith wrote: Good on him for getting back on the horse, I guess, but... WAT? It's a short, easy, exposed jump on a desert peak in SE California. |
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AndrewArroz wrote: Honestly, what I find amazing is that we FINALLY see a use for his weird pack tether that makes some kind of sense. Cross gap without pack, then retrieve. I mean...that works. Dangle pack below you while you solo strugglebus up <5.6 climbs...notsomuch... |
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I have always set up my rap with a 6mm tagline, EDK to the main rope (9.6 mm), and put both through the ATC and rappel normally. Am I going to die? |
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David M wrote: dragging a backpack containing human remains by a long tether makes perfect sense. Not if it contains a jacket and lunch. |
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kck wrote: Yes. Eventually. |
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kck wrote: Is this a trick question. |
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AndrewArroz wrote: his pack is too small for the entirety of a human, so if it is remains its only parts |
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rafael wrote: In my earlier post I had posited that the pack contains a mummified baby. Which would fit. |
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mark felber wrote: Single line rap + pull cord is a common canyoneering technique to get around carrying 2 large diameter ropes. |
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AndrewArroz wrote: that would explain why he is wearing those gloves also |