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General Climbing Discussion

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Would you climb on this? 23-Aug-2011 At 1:02:39 PM MrsM10iswhereitsat.
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On 22/08/2011 Mr BradRocks wrote:
>So I’m about 30 meters down, enjoying the pristine view and trying not
>to slip around too much, when I notice a piece of tat wedged into the rock.
> A little further down there is a scrap of old car seatbelt hanging from
>a rusty, crudely bent piece of fencing wire, and then there was this....
>
>
>I have come up with two plausible explanations, either it was somebody
>that needed some psychological comfort to complete their free solo, or
>more plausibly, it was a second who was so worried about the reliability
>of the improvised baling twine climbing rope, that they completely forgot
>to clean the route of the farm fence and recycled car parts “protection”.
>
>No idea what the grade is, but to do a multi pitch route up a slippery
>wet waterfall using gear that looks like it would barely take the strain
>of a falling rope is sheer madness in my opinion.
>

I think you have found an old aid climb dearie, and the first ascentionist if still alive, is probably stoked that you have bought their ingenuity to light from their successful ascent.
It is not as significant as finding the body of George Mallory, but well done on your archeological expedition Mr BradRocks!

I also think that Mr mikllaw probably only wants it to study why it hasn't rusted away totally in the environment it was found in.

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