wiley_p
Climbing Up
I pulled a funny stunt this morning. Yesterday I went out with a buddy and his wife up to Baker lake to climb a big old growth I found. We had to pack gear thru deep snow and spent a good deal of time getting everything rigged.By the end of if it all I was spent. Of course we celebrated our climb in proper fashion.
So this morning I set a line in one of the firs at the house, planed on doing few laps. I did 3 to the first stance which is around 75 feet. I came down, drank some water, and decide to do one more and only go about 50'. I was getting flared, decided to set my hitch, and thought it was weird that it wouldn't set. That was when I realized i had really messed up BAD. I forgot to clip my system to my bridge. I had a foot ascender on the rope, and my lanyard over the shoulder tending my rig up. I barely made it the next 25 feet to where I could get feet on the first limb and clip into my system.
A reminder, ALWAYS, ALWAYS double check your rigging before you commit. I believe I got off lucky.
So this morning I set a line in one of the firs at the house, planed on doing few laps. I did 3 to the first stance which is around 75 feet. I came down, drank some water, and decide to do one more and only go about 50'. I was getting flared, decided to set my hitch, and thought it was weird that it wouldn't set. That was when I realized i had really messed up BAD. I forgot to clip my system to my bridge. I had a foot ascender on the rope, and my lanyard over the shoulder tending my rig up. I barely made it the next 25 feet to where I could get feet on the first limb and clip into my system.
A reminder, ALWAYS, ALWAYS double check your rigging before you commit. I believe I got off lucky.