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Jeff Eichstedt leads the second (or third?) pitch of the E face of Minuteman. the roof above looked intimidating, but holds just appeared where we wished they would be.
The belay stance here is in a little alcove exactly on the S corner of the face, with a dead-vertical drop behind the belayer. July, 1985
Comments
[ Post a Comment ]| Norman | minuteman | | 
Hasn't voted | Hey...1985, what kind of rope is that? You have some great routes and photos. | | Posted May 25, 2005 1:37 am |
 | | Eric Sandbo | Re: minuteman | | 
Hasn't voted | Thanks, Norman! It's a Mammut 11mm rope. By 1986 I was mostly using double 9's, also Mammut. I like the feel and knotability of Mammut better than any other I've used, though I haven't shopped in the last several years.
-Eric | | Posted May 27, 2005 2:53 am |
| | Norman | Re: minuteman | |
Hasn't voted | Very good. I should have told you my first reaction was the rope looked like the old "goldline" with three twisted strands that replaced the really old "manila" ropes of ancient times. I remember using "manila" before synthetics became available. They really got heavy when wet and not streatch at all, knots were pretty secure. | | Posted Jun 4, 2005 7:23 pm |
| | Eric Sandbo | Re: minuteman | |
Hasn't voted | I've always had kernmantle ropes, but had the "pleasure" of using Goldline a couple of times in the 70's. And, yeah, now that you mention it, it does look like a laid rope in the photo. But it's a pattern of mostly green, wirh a touch of blue & red, in a normal climbing rope sheath. | | Posted Jun 6, 2005 3:45 am |
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