Cleaning Anchors
Cleaning Anchors
When you're cleaning anchors on a sport route (hanging), what's your safety setup? Do you have a sling attached to you with a locking biner to anchor into the anchors with.? Or do you use quick draws? Do you hang on one safety or two?
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Two slings girth hitched to my harness and clipped into the anchors. I'll only use draws if I forget the slings.
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[quote="Meadows"]I try not to put it in my mouth now, but when I do, I hold it with just my lips.[/quote]
[quote="Meadows"]I try not to put it in my mouth now, but when I do, I hold it with just my lips.[/quote]
one daisy chain with a locker. I attach it to one bolt and I use one of the draws on the anchor to attach to my daisy as redundency.
i also will use the rope tied to a locker attached to a belay loop trick to hold the rope if the draws are still on. an extra level of security i guess. i haven't lowered with it since that girl decked a few years back when she attached it to gear loop accidentally. but maybe i will start doing that again. i will just double check that i am in my belay loop.
i also will use the rope tied to a locker attached to a belay loop trick to hold the rope if the draws are still on. an extra level of security i guess. i haven't lowered with it since that girl decked a few years back when she attached it to gear loop accidentally. but maybe i will start doing that again. i will just double check that i am in my belay loop.
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I like using the daisies (girth hitched to my belay loop) because I can adjust the length for my comfort, depending on the route/anchors. I never take them off my harness so I can never forget them. I feel much safer using locking biners, so using draws wouldn't give me warm fuzzies. Cleaning the anchors and then rapelling - which I always try to do as opposed to lowering - is the most dangerous part of climbing in my mind and I don't think you can be too careful.
If you do use daisies, make sure you understand not to connect to 2 loops!
If you do use daisies, make sure you understand not to connect to 2 loops!
I use a sling attached to one of the anchors with a locker. Before untying the rope, I feed a byte through the rings/chain and then tie a figure 8 with it. This gets attached via a locker to my belay loop. At this point, I then untie my knot and pull the end of the rope through and retie back into my harness where I had untied it. I then undo the locker and untie the figure 8 on a byte and give the slack back to my belayer. Once I have double checked my knot and weighted it, I then undo my sling.
By doing this, I am never off the rope. There is always rope passing from the belayer through the anchors to me.
It might take a little more time but I like having the added security of always being tied in.
GWG
By doing this, I am never off the rope. There is always rope passing from the belayer through the anchors to me.
It might take a little more time but I like having the added security of always being tied in.
GWG
