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05-06-2012, 02:14 PM #1
Funny and Educational: Amazing Rappel Anchors
We came across the following anchor in Baptist Draw yesterday. At the first rappel we were astonished to find a rock buried underneath at least 75 feet of webbing.
The anchor consisted of:
1 tan sling hung over the rock.
1 piece of tan webbing tied to a pinch
1 blue sling tied arond a pinch
1 piece of red webbing tied to a pinch
1 green sling hung over the rock.
1 long purple sling wrapped twice around the rock (brand new, I cut it before the photo).
2 rapid links
1 aluminum ring
We fixed it by cutting everything away, then tying some of the purple webbing to a pinch and extending it just over the edge. Yes black or grey would have been better colors , I know, I know. The purple stuff was new and free, so we used it. The blue webbing on the right was tied to a meat anchor backup and wasn't left behind.
This thread is meant for the entertainment of those that know how to build anchors and for the education of those that don't. I'm not claiming to know anything about building anchors. Please post some of the funniest or craziest anchors you have discovered, so we can all have a laugh and maybe learn something.
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05-06-2012 02:14 PM # ADS
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05-06-2012, 02:38 PM #2
Canyon Bootie
I love finding anchors like that. You should have collected enough hardware from that anchor to last at least a couple of months.
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05-06-2012, 03:07 PM #3THE MOST TALKED ABOUT CANYONEERING TRIP OF 2017 - WEST CANYON VIA HELICOPTER.
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05-08-2012, 02:46 PM #4
What's a "pinch"?
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05-08-2012, 04:15 PM #5
That's like the Mount Everest of anchors. Where everyone leaves a flag or something, but in this case a piece of their own webbing. Now no one will know they've been there.
Darin
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05-08-2012, 05:49 PM #6
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05-08-2012, 10:09 PM #7Originally Posted by Slot Machine
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05-13-2012, 07:09 AM #8
A lot of webbing for a "rappel" that is easily downclimbable.
Utah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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05-13-2012, 12:39 PM #9
It's funny that you mention that. We all took a good look at the drop and agreed that it was at least 30 feet. I was the first to rappel down, got to the bottom, looked up and felt kind of silly. It was clearly shorter than 20 feet. Maybe the mountain of webbing psyched us out when we looked off the drop.
Downclimable? Sure. Use a rope if you are nervous? Sure.
Doesn't anybody have a funny picture of an anchor they would like to share??
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05-13-2012, 01:52 PM #10
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05-13-2012, 02:58 PM #11THE MOST TALKED ABOUT CANYONEERING TRIP OF 2017 - WEST CANYON VIA HELICOPTER.
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05-14-2012, 06:34 AM #12
No picture, but one of my favorites was the anchor setup for the long rappel in Birch Hollow the first time I was there. The usual sling around the pine tree was there, with another sling around a second tree, this one tied through the loop of the first sling (NOT the ring). I remember looking at it going, what the hell... this doesn't protect against failure in the: rope, ring, knot, or webbing. The only single thing it protects against is the uprooting of the entire 100ft tall pine tree, which seemed very unlikely. Not to mention if it did happen, sure, you'd still be on rappel, but you'd then have a 100ft pine tree falling directly onto you, so maybe it wouldn't matter much anyway. People worry about some strange things...
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