People are bad at lots of things. Safety included. Priorities get crooked, and mostly folks just plain aren't educated in how to stay alive. Climbing is a shining example of the "safety third" mentality. The moral of the story is to get out there and find someone who can tell you how to do it all without getting hurt hurt or dying. Also, even if you've done it a thousand times, be careful. A fraction of a second of distraction is all too often fatal. Look at the big picture, and listen to your gut. If it looks icky, it's wrong.

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Hitch in my get along

Maybe you were out of carabiners, it was getting dark, you forgot your headlamp, there was no walkable way out, shit was dire, and the only way you could save the baby was if you girth hitched all your dyneema to your webbing.

But I was there, it was 1 in the afternoon, there were no babies, and you were just no good at building anchors.

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