must be kind of naive, but it seemed to me when doing a simulclimette at red rocks, as far a necessary for leader to get to a good belay stance once the rope was all used up, that it wasn't dangerous. It was tempting to keep on climbing in this fashion.
Plenty of gear in between. As far as i could see at the time, if the leader fell, all this would do would pull me upwards a bit, until friction halted the process. I was on easy ground. (Can see how a second falling could be unfortunate for the leader, but not disasterous.)
If the gear is good, it seems pretty safe to me, except if climers are of radically different weights. |