angry wrote:
majid_sabet wrote:
shockabuku wrote:
"His two friends both used the rig to climb up and down the Designator. By the time it was Boratenski's turn again, the nylon was primed to snap. Which is exactly what happened. "
Pretty glaring error on everyone's part. Others in the party should check the anchor prior to lowering from it.
Did he put a "V" in the ice and use a webbing to lower instead of running the nylon via "O" ring or a biner ?
I've been up the Desi many many times. There is a tree a bit off to the left with probably 10 different slings and rings on it that accumulate over the season. Off to the right, there is a smaller bush that is good enough to rap off but it usually only has a sling or two on it.
In between these two is a boulder that anchors could be installed on but too much (even more) top-roping of the Desi would really suck.
I don't know which tree he anchored to, regardless, I guarantee it was not a V-thread. It's baffling how he made this mistake. I'm not going to call him stupid like so many others have but still, it's almost unbelievable as far as mistakes go.
