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Lowering off with a short rope 21-Jun-2016 At 10:03:26 PM martym

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If the climber is able to get to the wall - couldn't they clip into a bolt or piece of gear (or 3) untie & pull the rope to their level, lower off on the gear they have just placed - then figure out how to retrieve said gear?

If in space, and assuming you have slings, prussik, cordelette at hand - you could lock the rope off; extend it with as much stuff as possible, munter hitch or even body belay the last few meters? Sounds dodgy - but so does climb/belaying to the second bolt... Which is more risky? In the first instance climber falls, second instance the belayer...

I once had to use cordelette to extend an abseil on 60m double ropes - used a prussik to rethread the belay. Then I had the issue the knot was going to jam if I pulled the rope, so ended up hand over hand up to untie the cord anyway.. Lucky it wasn't in space.