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Soloing - A question of ethics? 16-Nov-2006 At 12:04:29 PM Nottobetaken

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It was pretty good protection really - two skyhooks placed together and weighted down on a 1cm deep rounded edge. It would've held. There was a place on the left side of the hold that was deeper (1.5/2cm), but the thickness of the granite was more wafer like - and having had something snap on me already, I wasn't going to test that theory. There are people who do test these sort of things though. Just ask Patch Hammond, who placed 2 skyhooks on a route in Wales some years ago, fell off above the 2nd one, and the 1st one kept him off the ground - so yeah - they do work! The whole blue-tack thing though has never turned me on - hence the weight! As for doing without them altogether - no thanks. I have a German friend who was going to do just that, but then his parents were flying in the following day, so he decided against it (just in case). It could have really put a damper on their holiday!