macblaze wrote:
So I was in the gym today playing around: escaping a belay, rapping down a single rope to get to my unconscious belayer... a bunch of different things, and it occurred to me (right after I walked over and got another carabiner) that I often don't have enough gear withing reach when belaying outside.
My pack is often in the shade 15 feet away and All I have on my harness is the atc and 1 locking biner... no prussic, no webbing not even another biner. As of today I am going to make sure that I (and my partners) are thinking ahead a bit.
But I was wondering what you'all think is the minimum gear to have withing reach? I assume multipitch is less of an issue as I tend to carry an extra sling and biner even if I am just following but a single pitch... especially if its someplace easy...
If you're on the ground belaying why would you have to escape the belay, rappel, or any of that self-rescue stuff?
