@ivesThanks for sharing.The precision with which she climbs this difficulty is absolutely incredible 🤩

@k7wxw Thanks for that: currently doing dad taxi for offspring's sport, so that whiled away a good half hour.

@devnull Awesome, I'll let you know when I start working on it!

@devnull Ah! thanks! Fixed it!

@jeztastic There are a few different 'stopper knots', in essence its job is to prevent the rope to keep sliding by jamming a loop in it so even a random tangled section of rope that doesn't easily undo itself can work as a stopper knot. (Don't try that though)And in this case it's just to prevent the tail sliding in, causing the main knot to roll and undo itself.Whatever the knot used for the tail, no one should be clipping anything in that extra loop if it's there xD

@adamsteerDidn't see this until too late. Just as well as it turns out I guess.If you ever need a partner give me a ping. I have only a small amount of trad experience, but keen to get more.

@devnull Thanks.Reading that article, the analogy that occurred to me is trails. I don't object at all to trails in wilderness areas. And it's ok for the trails to be "permanent installations": with drainage, bolted down steps, etc. The climbing infrastructure seems very similar, thinking of bolts as trails.And like trails, we should control where they are. Social trails should be discouraged and blocked when found.(Again, I'm just talking about wilderness areas, not all public lands.)

@bohwaz@mamot.fr There were some glorious shots of that "backyard crag" that Chris Sharma took the contestants to. Another takeaway is that apparently you must always scream "f*** yeah!" when you send a route.

REI has a good article about it too. We love to see sustainability and high-quality products!