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sleepwalker


Oct 25, 2004, 1:32 AM
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Not a Good Anchor...
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On a popular climbing area in Glenwood Springs Colorado "the Pukes" is quite a fun place for beginers and experts. Me and my friend prepare to rap off a 100-110 foot overhang. One catch the bolts are 3-5 feet over the edge but we were in luck! There was one wobbly anchor drilled into the rock that we could run the rope through and down to the main anchors.
Not Smart! As we realize after the rapel down that we broke the NE in ERNEST rule, (no extentions), there is a 7-10 foot extention from the primary anchor to the secondary anchor giving it a dynamic load.

Not Smart!!!


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