had a climbing partner once who was soooooooooo slow, one day, while freezing my ass off on a multipitch, i just started climbing after him, in effect unilaterally simul climbing, coiling the rope in my hand. i stopped just out of sight about 8 meters below him, waited till he clipped in, and then just finished the pitch without a belay. stupid of course, but i was just fed up with his pissing about. could easily ended really badly for me. but it was only about grade 14. he climbed 14's the same speed as 24's and i never really understood that. |