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njrox
Nov 15, 2012, 4:05 PM
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The other day I saw a pretty horrendous anchor that I was tempted to photograph and post online. I can't even begin to describe this monstrosity...it was like a drunken spider web. In the spirit of RC.com's harsh criticism I am going to post a pic of a sucky anchor, except I'm going to show one of my own design. I'm sure many of you have them. Hasty anchors made from minimal gear in less than stellar rock with lousy options for placements. Or maybe you have a pic of your very first anchor built from 5 cams and 3 trees for a 20 foot climb. Show us what you got.
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njrox
Nov 15, 2012, 4:16 PM
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#1 picture - First Trad Anchor. Five Cams and I was still terrified it would blow. #2 picture - Four bomber pieces tied to two 20x7mm cordelletes that lead to another 20x7mm cordellete in a few feet of grass before it finally clears the edge and we have a master point. (somebody forgot the static rope)
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edge
Nov 15, 2012, 4:18 PM
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Sometimes on Cannon Cliff, you take anything you can get.
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njrox
Nov 15, 2012, 4:20 PM
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edge wrote: Sometimes on Cannon Cliff, you take anything you can get. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/loransmith/Climbing/Shrubbery.jpg[/IMG] dude...
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skiclimb
Nov 15, 2012, 5:00 PM
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Well I don't have any pics of sucky anchors but here is one I made for a guy who decked this summer. Overkill even for a rescue anchor but gave me something to do.
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petsfed
Nov 15, 2012, 5:29 PM
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The principle flaw of your anchor is that you've got it all stuffed into the same crack. You've got three pieces that are all very easy to evaluate (orange and green mastercams, purple camalot) so why you decided to toss in two more that aren't as easy to evaluate, in the same crack, is beyond me. Put another way, you place more than two pieces in an anchor out of concern for possible failure of any given piece. Unless the rock is super dirty, the primary modes of failure are due to geometrically poor placements, or expando cracks. So, provided all of your pieces are well placed, you're only concerned about expando. Now, if the crack is expando enough to make one piece fail, its expando enough to make every piece in that crack fail. So if you're gonna be paranoid, at least use multiple cracks.
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skiclimb
Nov 15, 2012, 5:40 PM
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For use of secondary crack see green cord. Only! lol four pieces in same crack. You didn't even mention the weirdest piece of overkill.. cmon man ur slippin
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njrox
Nov 15, 2012, 6:26 PM
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yes, that is the point my friend...that there was my first trad anchor and it sucked.
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petsfed
Nov 15, 2012, 6:59 PM
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njrox wrote: yes, that is the point my friend...that there was my first trad anchor and it sucked. As flaws go, that one's not so bad. My point was that you had a pretty good anchor, then wasted a couple extra pieces for illusory additional security.
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njrox
Nov 15, 2012, 7:20 PM
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It's cool. That's my sucky anchor. Have a laugh. FYI - That horizontal crack is well known among NJ climbers (Allamuchy, Main Wall, Unnamed 5.7). There’s a ledge up there about the size of my desk and that’s the only crack that will take gear. You can scramble another ten-fifteen feet to a different crack to build an anchor that would allow to set directional for other lines nearby. But the 5.7 climb pretty much ends at that ledge. 9 out of 10 times I see people anchoring on the ledge if they’re just going to do the 5.7 climb. Oh yeah if I was there today I’d put in 3 pieces and be happy. That day, I probably would have stuck in a sixth piece if I could. And you’ll notice there is red pro cord and a yellow sling. I’m not sure what the master point looked like but I’m sure it was a red and yellow mess.
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acorneau
Nov 16, 2012, 1:38 AM
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Cue Majid...
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edge
Nov 16, 2012, 4:25 PM
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kobaz wrote: edge wrote: Sometimes on Cannon Cliff, you take anything you can get. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/loransmith/Climbing/Shrubbery.jpg[/IMG] Is that the end of pitch 3 on Moby Grape? I think I slung the same bush in my anchor. One bush and one cam in a crack in a boulder and that was all you get. Edited to show image. Nope, Vertigo, one pitch above the Half Moon offwidth. The end of the webbing loop below the picture looked like it had a rope pulled through it. I am guessing that whoever bailed off it had it backed up by their partner, who trusted the clump after it held the first guy. Those things are surprisingly well rooted and pretty strong at the base...
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marc801
Nov 16, 2012, 5:57 PM
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njrox wrote: edge wrote: Sometimes on Cannon Cliff, you take anything you can get. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/loransmith/Climbing/Shrubbery.jpg[/IMG] dude... No, njrox, you don't understand. There are lots of times in alpine climbing (and Cannon is much more alpine than crag style climbing) where you either don't have much to work with or all the options are shitty and you get to knit together a bunch of questionable stuff.
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bearbreeder
Nov 16, 2012, 7:58 PM
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but but but ... if i dont get in a SERENE cord anchor with a perfect 3 pieces ... im gonna die !!!
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