ok
so it seems i may have made a bad decision. the leader went up set up a belay, i tied in at that point in the rope ,then as mentioned looped up the excess and clipped it to my harness rather than the leader pulling through the 50 or so metres excess.
would this not be safe or practicle? i felt comfortable with it.. please correct me if this is wrong or blatently stupid..
granted had there been further pitches to climb then yes, it would make sense for the leader to pull through the remaining rope.. |