Belaying two lead climbers with a BD ATC Guide
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I have belayed two leaders at the same time!!! |
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Dallas R wrote: Yes I do, I freely admit to being new at the sport, and therefore I do not have all the tools and experience that others have. This is why I explore ideas and study different techniques before I apply them on the rock. As far as finding guides and more experienced climbers that has been tough for us. We travel around and so are not in an area long enough to establish relationships with good climbers who are willing to spend time with us. Our experiences with guides have not been real great either. They were more interested in getting us on the rock than instructing. We will be climbing on Enchanted Rock Tue and Thur. Anyone interested?Yep, I see that you're open about learning and being careful about it, which is great, I hope that I didn't come off harshly there, and I apologize if I did. That's a bummer that the guides haven't worked out up to this point...maybe that isn't as good and idea as I'd thought...you'd hope that a guide would be open to designing whatever instructional program you wanted, as long as it could be done safely. Here's at least one guy I'm pretty sure would work with ya! coloradomountainschool.com/… |
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Guy Keesee wrote:I have belayed two leaders at the same time!!! Short Sport Climbing.... two GriGris, two different routes....two super light leaders, warming up on 5.8. MultiTasking defined.Sounds riskay! ;) |
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One thing I have done is some easy multipitch and climb 2 parties of 2 with the stronger party cleaning while the weaker party leads below the stronger party. This way the stronger party can give advice on where to go where to look for pro or even leave in a piece or two through the crux sections. The 2nd can left the leader from below set up their anchors etc. |
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I've seen quite a few scientists postulate evolution is dead, I'm happy to be proven wrong. |
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rgold wrote:Yup, as others have said, this is not the way to go. Moreover, there are really several learning issues involved. One of them is about adequate placements. ...Excellent information on learning to trad lead from rgold. Thank you. |
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David Gibbs wrote: Excellent information on learning to trad lead from rgold. Thank you.Wow, yes, just read rgold's post: do what rgold said and you two will be in good shape. We all would be, actually! Except for the SAR folks, they might get really bored as a result. |
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Yup, Rgold nailed it. |