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Too run out; or not too run out? That is the ?... 13-Sep-2012 At 9:45:01 AM Olbert

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On 12/09/2012 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>On 11/09/2012 phillipivan wrote:
>>Rod, err M9, I don't think that sling is part of an anchor, the belayer
>>is just a few meters below with an anchor of some kind of quality (presumably,
>>hopefully, better than a sling on a nubbin).
>>
>You are right! Now that I see the pic in cold light of morning instead
>of a Laphroig-misted evening I wonder what I was thinking?
>
>OK a new response is required...
>~> That's not runout ollie, it's bomber since you added the 'runner' to
>the runner to weight it down and prevent rope-drag from dislodging it!
>~> and 4 bits of similar pro (assumes leader carries belayers 'runners'
>in 60 m of slab), is safe!
>;-)
>
>Btw; Good improvisation, thinking off your feet and all that, there ollie!

Cant actually claim that one, that was Hamish, I am the belayer in the pink Camp helmet.