Andrew wrote:The problem with me being on team FA is that I am not fat, I am just a freak of nature. I am increadibly skinny, but I am so tall that I break the 180 mark. I do like beer.
ropes stretching help keep forces low. all those old guys that used to anchor in, lock off and sit, run backwards, etc.. most of them are still around and that was before ropes really got advanced. anchoring is not that bad.
anticlmber wrote:ropes stretching help keep forces low. all those old guys that used to anchor in, lock off and sit, run backwards, etc.. most of them are still around and that was before ropes really got advanced. anchoring is not that bad.
Not to mention the multi-pitch trad climbers who still do it every day.
Another option is for the belayer to wear a backpack with enough weight in it to decrease the weight difference. Or attach the pack to the belayers haul loop via a just-longer-than-leg-length sling.
Anchoring the belayer, when you are an informal member of Team FA, is sometimes necessary to protect both yourself and the belayer. Having been dropped to ankle cranking goodness after the belayer got sucked thumb webbing first into first draw, I try and tie my lightweight belayers down, or ballast them with something (like a trad rack or pack).
"Dying?" Man, that's the last thing I want to do. - overheard
and since yasmeen has new weight limits on belaying, can I assume you'll also quit staying at my house and instead request room and board from your, cough, cough, paul, skinny friends? it's a give and take deal you realize....
No, it just means you'll have to TR everything I ropegun for you.