"Caveat" wrote in message
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> "Toller" wrote:
>
>>Sadly, I am rather afraid of heights. Last year I had to have a friend go
>>up on my roof and fix a piece of trim cause I couldn't; very embarressing.
>>Is there any reason I couldn't wear a climbing harness and loop a rope
>>over
>>the chain? Safely tied in I become very bold again.
>
> The problem with this idea is that there are vertical posts along the
> chained sections they would require unclips and re-clips, plus
> sections with no chains. For most people, one's arms and handgrips can
> provide all the tie-in that is really required to do this route. If
> you really can't negotiate an exposed Class 3 section without being
> roped-up, don't do this route.
A unclip and re-clip would only take a few seconds.
I recently free climbed a 5.2 so I could set a toprope anchor. I was quite
ill by the time I got to the top, despite not having fallen on anything
under 5.8 in years. It is all in the mind.
>
> And BTW you have no idea just how embarrassing it would be to do this
> non-technical route with technical climbing gear, while dozens of kids
> and geezers scamper around you -- pointing at you and snickering.
>
Oh yes I do! As I crawled up the pyramid at Uxmal, little kids played tag
on it.
I really don't mind. (though my son might not want to be near me...)
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