Pulling a Cam on Rock Wars

Post by **SketchySam** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:37 am

I happened to catch a shot of Ben taking a whipper on Rock Wars and pulling a cam. Apparently, two lobes of the cam were nearly tipped out when the cam was placed. To make matters worse, the rock around the placement broke as well. The video is linked below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7kZYGOtNwE

Nice attempt Ben!

Post by **p0bray01** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:38 am

Couldn't see the vid...said bad URL

Post by **rjackson** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:30 pm

I got the same thing when I tried it on the home page. BUt when I opened the thread and then used the link it worked fine.

Post by **Ascentionist** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:17 pm

I love the belaying and videoing at the same time. Special skill that...

Post by **SCIN** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:23 pm

What was with rock hugging at the end?

Post by **rjackson** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:59 pm

That was the depths of despair...

Post by **rjackson** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:00 pm

That was the depths of despair...

Post by **rjackson** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:01 pm

Damn back button!

Sorry about the double post... you'd think I'd learn.

Post by **climberjevans** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:13 am

sketch sam, how can you tell that the cam had two lobes tipped out? It appears that the climber was quite aways up. This sounds like speculation to me.

Post by **ynot** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:33 am

Invest in a tripod.