milesenoell
Apr 6, 2009, 12:44 AM
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I was seconding a pitch, cleaning as I went. When I got to the top of a pitch and went to untie and thread the anchor using the standard tie an 8 on a bight, clip the 8, untie, thread, re-tie method that I had just learned. Of course I didn't bother to back it up in any way. So, standing in an Ok, but definitely not that great stance, I tied my 8, clipped it to my harness and untied from the rope. That's when I realized that I grabbed the rope on the wrong side of the draws and tied my 8 BELOW the draws. All it took was for me to grab the rope a little lower and clip it back in, but it definitely got my heart pounding thinking about how dead I'd be if I'd slipped.
Oh, and another one. Speed soloed a crack I had dialed at the end of a day, in almost complete darkness. The climb was fine, but trying to find my way down in the dark on the walk off I nearly went off a cliff.
(This post was edited by milesenoell on Apr 6, 2009, 2:03 AM)
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