Re: Solo aid climbing
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:03 amThanks folks for digging this up!
That's exactly what Matt was writing about:
Looks like Colin didn't get too much drag.
You can do it when your pitch isn't longer than half of your rope.
Rope-soloing IS sketchy by principle. It's just a wee bit safer than free soloing.
Bloody hell, I miss Chief here!
That's exactly what Matt was writing about:
MattGreene wrote:If you were clipping both rope sections into each piece of protection, that'd probably give you 6-10 pinch points. I'd expect severe drag, but could be wrong.
Looks like Colin didn't get too much drag.
You can do it when your pitch isn't longer than half of your rope.
Colin Hayley wrote:And just to be clear - this is NOT a safe, or accepted technique for self-belaying - it is a technique that I chose to use on a section of climbing that was only just barely hard enough that I wasn't comfortable free-soloing it. It is still "sketchy," and a guaranteed way to fail your UIAGM alpine exam!
Rope-soloing IS sketchy by principle. It's just a wee bit safer than free soloing.
Bloody hell, I miss Chief here!
I'd be interested to hear what he thinks of that.
Wait I never was even a has-been...