He's the third climber in a row to send the problem in a day
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Juho Knuuttila returns to his old stomping ground and completes another difficult winter line
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The pitch that avoids Changing Corners was established before the first free ascent by Lynn Hill. It's just been waiting for a free ascent
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In the rich caravan of climbers whom we meet at the crags, people come and go. Some, like the flowing of mountain streams, make a daily ritual of their appearance on the stone. Others show up every weekend, while outliers make the scene only once a month, or less. Climbers who’ve shared the bonds of…
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Last weekend I took a couple friends to the local crag for their first time out.
Since I was the only one able to clean, others led and set the anchor, but on occasion if the leader were unable to reach the anchors, I would set the anchor and belayed the others up from the top using a grigri. That worked pretty well, though I'm aware that Petzl doesn't recommend using the grigri in such a manner (a redirected belay is preferred.)
I did notice that the DMM Pivot set up in guide/auto-blocking mode had a dedicated method for lowering — using a second biner to adjust the angle of the device. Are there concerns with doing so for lowering a second climber all the way to the ground?
Whenever lowering is mentioned, it's always in the context is lowering the second "a few feet" or so.
