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[leadbelay]

"Teaching boulderers the ropes"

[jackal24actual]

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[andynoise]

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[forreststories]

Time to go get me some bouldering in!

[leadbelay]

Using a quad anchor to transition the rope during a multi-pitch rappel.

At the rappel station, immediately clip a personal anchor to the bolts/rings. Tie a safety knot below your rappel device.

Clip your quad anchor *over* the existing hardware; this let's you easily retrieve it later. Now, transfer your personal anchor to the quad.

Come off rappel to allow your partner/party to come down. Have everyone clip to the quad before coming off rappel.

Pull the rope down. Be sure to take steps to ensure you don't drop the rope (tie off a bight and clip it to your gear).

Set up the next rappel and continue on. Last person to rappel cleans the quad anchor once they are safely on the rope.

In this picture, I've set up the quad and have tied off a loose bight to allow my partner to descend. One end of my PAS is on the quad and the other is still on the chains.

[leadbelay]

Did some canyon-y things yesterday. Paradise Forks in northern Arizona.

[leadbelay]

Sometimes you have to stop mid-climb and pull out the camera. Hopefully your belayer isn't in a rush!

[leadbelay]

Team member @gracerfly on the descent off of the "Fin" in Sedona. Arizona excels at sunset descents!

On to event news, this weekend, Aug. 1-3, the Leadbelay team will be heading out to paradise forks for a weekend of crack climbing and highlining! Everyone is welcome to stop by or camp out. Just be aware, masks are advised and social distancing will be observed as best as we can, so BYOB (Bring Your Own Belayer!!!)

[leadbelay]

Should I do a post on an extremely minimal multi-pitch set up?

[leadbelay]

Perspective: you're following up a route to find your leaders piece from right before the crux had walked out.

Fortunately, my partner this day was an extremely competent climber and didn't fall.

[leadbelay]

Leadbelay team member @jackal24actual during a demonstration - how to extend a rappel while using a Prussel Prusik adjustable personal anchor.

[leadbelay]

A brief demonstration of a single rope TRS set-up. A Wren Soloist backed up by a Petzl Microtraxion alows Leadbelay team member @jackal24actual to travel up the rope unimpeded while still protecting against a fall. Even if the terrain is at an angle where the soloist won't stop a fall, the Microtraxion (and subsequent safety knots) will hold the climber.

***REMEMBER, SOLO CLIMBING OF ANY TYPE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED WITHOUT LEARNING FROM AN EXPERT***

[leadbelay]

Team member Gracie on the slabs! Lots of tiny crimps and toe holds truly make slab climbing the equalizer.

[leadbelay]

"Doing self-Isolation things."

Leadbelay team member Chris Whiskey's well loved Wren Soloist. A reliable work horse; these days, its primary use is as a back up device while jugging fixed lines. Set up in the same way you would to top rope solo, the Soloist allows the user to rest on the line I'm the same way you would with a GriGri or similar device. The downside, however, is that in order to rappel with the Soloist, you have to add an additional biner to the system to stop the locking mechanism. This also means that rapping with a Soloist is like rapping with an ATC or Figure 8 - you need a backup and cannot take your hands off the rope.

[leadbelay]

A quick and dirty belay anchor. While belaying from a small but sturdy ledge, I threw two cams that weren't needed above into a crack directly to my personal anchor to make sure I didn't step too far back and sink off the ledge.

[leadbelay]

You know that feeling when you are super pumped, reaching for a very pinchy hold aaaaand your foot slips, you feel the rope around your leg and immediately try to get it out and in doing so barn-door and then pop off the route completely?

Yeah, neither do I.