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Re: [reno] Analysis of fatal accident in Joshua Tree 3/15/09:
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billl7
Apr 8, 2009, 3:42 AM
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reno wrote: I'd also agree that even when belaying from above, being tied into the anchor is a good idea.
My comfort level with this is that the terrain needs to be so easy that I can't imagine having to escape the belay. But if I think there is a chance of that then I'll build an anchor. Usually, the stance-only belay from above occurs when I've led off to explore and it turns out that the terrain backed off pretty quickly.
Bill
Edit: 'healyje's comment at the bottom (?) of this ST.com page provides an interesting view of anchors as backups to a stance.
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