Re: The stupid things I did before I knew better...
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:39 pm
Geez, too many to list, though a couple spring to mind:
1. Rapping off a single, sideways placed stopper.
2. Setting up a hanging belay off a single, rusty bolt.
Keep in mind the two above were done when I was 14.
3. Not bringing enough gear on Sacherer Cracker (.10a) in the Valley, so I balance myself at a stance with no gear, untie from the rope and lower it to my partner, who raps off a belay ledge 40' up, runs to our packs on the ground, clips in some bigger gear, climbs back to the belay ledge, while I hand over hand the gear back up, tie back in and start leading again. (OK, I was only 16 then).
4. On sight soloing a multipitch route without a typo, thinking the route would be obvious. Did that TWICE, on Snake Dike and E. Face of Whitney. Sadly, when I did both of those, I definitely knew better.
1. Rapping off a single, sideways placed stopper.
2. Setting up a hanging belay off a single, rusty bolt.
Keep in mind the two above were done when I was 14.
3. Not bringing enough gear on Sacherer Cracker (.10a) in the Valley, so I balance myself at a stance with no gear, untie from the rope and lower it to my partner, who raps off a belay ledge 40' up, runs to our packs on the ground, clips in some bigger gear, climbs back to the belay ledge, while I hand over hand the gear back up, tie back in and start leading again. (OK, I was only 16 then).
4. On sight soloing a multipitch route without a typo, thinking the route would be obvious. Did that TWICE, on Snake Dike and E. Face of Whitney. Sadly, when I did both of those, I definitely knew better.