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Nearing the end of our Spanish climbing trip.@badgardener@mastodonapp.uk @mootparadox@fosstodon.org I think it's wild that there is such a strong trad ethic over in the UK.
Here it seems the alpine and outdoors clubs are a minority. The crags are mostly frequented by gym-first climbers venturing outdoors, mentored by local area guides and other gym climbers, and it is almost universally sport climbing.
... or maybe all the trad folk keep away from us sport climbing weenies for fear we might make them boulder.
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Some good shots from climbing at Horse Pens 40 this weekend -
How do you rappel past a damaged section of rope?@AlpineSavvy prior to reading the blog post...
Isolate the damaged section with an alpine attach prussik hitch above butterfly, take weight off of rappel device, re-attach rappel device past isolation knot. Resume.
Edit: ah close enough! Simple overhand to isolate also makes sense
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This product is a WHOLE new gear category -
The Prescription—Quickdraw UnclippedAwhile back I tried to do this on my practice belay setup in my garage but it's exceedingly hard to do reliably.
It's one of those one-in-a-thousand circumstances that inform our choices as climbers.
A very good tip included was to use a locker on the bolt-end (or rope end too, if you wish) on crucial draws, like before cruxes and after run-out sections.
Similar discussions on other sites always suffix that with "even though I get laughed at for doing it", but safety is no joke!
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Just tried out the fixed up new topo editor...@bohwaz@mamot.fr That would be absolutely lovely. I am a strong supporter of vanilla js, so I would be interested in collaborating with you on building this out.
