i climbed bitchmobile in pistol ridge on 5/10/08 and both hangers are loose!!!!
i tried to tighten by hand as best i could...but, alas, no wrench on me.
Everyone should add an adjustable wrench to their climbing pack. That way when they find a problem, they can fix it right there and then. They won't have to go back.
Lander wrote:Everyone should add an adjustable wrench to their climbing pack.
Brilliant! Except, I think in your hurry to post, you forgot a couple of words. I'm sure you meant to say:
Lander wrote:Everyone should tell their climbing partners to add an adjustable wrench to their climbing pack.
You know, I actually carried a rope once and it hurt my on-sight ability for the whole day! There's that old climbing saying: "You can never have too much gear if your friends carry it."
You've also opened up another great possibility for a RRC discussion/debate/poll: Which is better/lighter/easier/safer to use: crescent wrench or socket set?
(Come to think of it, it would be nice to have Robot as a belay bitch. But with those goofy treads, would he be able to get up to the crags? And those floppy arms probably couldn't pay out slack very fast, but he would be a great anchor. I guess you could make a special "built in" belay device. I wonder if the Space Family Robinson carefully selected only planets with flat areas to land on so Robot could get around? Hmmm.... Oh, and I need to put a wrench in my pack.)
that's the thing...i can't go back and fix it. i'm not a trad climber and have no gear...someone was at the top and i asked them to set up a top rope for me.
Don't worry about it, possum2082. You did your good deed by alerting the community in this forum. Now go get an adjustable wrench so next time you'll be ready. And con your partner into carrying it.
the crazy part is this: a trad girl offered to set up a top rope for us. she came down and gave us crazy quanitities of beta...yet didn't mention that the top bolts were loose!
