with a double rope, as long as you dont risk a factor 2, you can climb on a single line (of course, catching a fall on a 8ish millimeter line may be difficult to do....)

so, the only caveat to leading on the single line is to not fall before protection. 'Clipping!' is a common call to indicate to the belayer that you are about to pull up rope to make a clip.">clipping the first protection.">leader falls. In roped technical climbing, one climber moves at a time, while the other belays. The belayer must be securely attached to the the rock by means of protection devices (cams, nuts, bolts, pitons), or tied to an immovable object like a boulder or sturdy tree. The attachments are called collectively the "anchor." An ideal anchor relies on at least three bombproof attachment points. (See also belay.) ">anchor in the rock installed individually as a protection device, or with other bolts or protection devices as an protection.">leader falls. In roped technical climbing, one climber moves at a time, while the other belays. The belayer must be securely attached to the the rock by means of protection devices (cams, nuts, bolts, pitons), or tied to an immovable object like a boulder or sturdy tree. The attachments are called collectively the "anchor." An ideal anchor relies on at least three bombproof attachment points. (See also belay.) ">anchor. The bolt is a metal shaft 1/4 inch, 3/8 inch or 5/16 inch in diameter (common sizes), driven into a hole drilled by the climber, and equipped with a hanger to attach a carabiner. Generally, no one installs 1/4 inch bolts anymore, and because most of them are more than 25 years old, they should not be used when found. Occasionally they can be pried out by hand, or break under body weight.">bolt off protection. 'Clipping!' is a common call to indicate to the belayer that you are about to pull up rope to make a clip.">clipping into protection points on the way up. ">lead climber, or taking in rope for a follower, while he/she climbs, and of preventing rope from being paid out if the climber falls. Belaying allows a climber to fall and live to try again.

(2) n. - the place where a climber belays, and the protection.">leader falls. In roped technical climbing, one climber moves at a time, while the other belays. The belayer must be securely attached to the the rock by means of protection devices (cams, nuts, bolts, pitons), or tied to an immovable object like a boulder or sturdy tree. The attachments are called collectively the "anchor." An ideal anchor relies on at least three bombproof attachment points. (See also belay.) ">anchor is set up attaching the climber to the rock, normally at the beginning and end of each pitch. (See harness through which the rope is threaded for belaying. Its primary purpose is to create friction quickly in the event of a fall so the belayer can stop the rope, which stops the protection.">leader’s fall, simply by pulling against the device. The device creates a ‘hairpin’ turn in the rope at all times and allows the belayer to pay out or take in slack freely, and to stop or brake the rope in an instant. Common belay devices: ATC, GriGri, Sticht Plate">belay device. The place where a belayer sits, stands or hangs while belaying.">belay station.) Also, a session of belaying. ">belay.

however, it sounds like you made it through safely, doing what you believed to be the best/safest option you had. good job.

AHAHA! How lame. :lol: It's a bug alright.

Nuts!

just get rid of that "feature" please

I am unconvinced that the light gray underlines inserted into posts where a definition is encountered are going to spell the end of the world. Kindly un-wad your panties. The other gobblydegook being inserted was, obviously, a bug, which had to be fixed. It didn't show up in testing because there weren't any terms that overlapped. :-?

I'm out of here for the weekend, in any case.

Terribly helpful isn't it? A climbing website that caters to people who don't climb.