Here’s a few photos from the 2 days. Great course, well done all!
Crude way to work out angles when rigging anchors (or half way across a Tyrolean)
Rigging abseil for group (non SRT leader)
Traverse line
Method to rig the first 2 anchors (if they’re resin anchors/threads)
Pitch head
STOP rigged in belay mode
Pitch head, good 90deg to get high belay position
Abseil rigged for user-friendly access
Ladder rigged for user friendly (high and towards the traverse line)
Putting things in to action…
Rigging a handline descent
Rigging the pitch head
Isolated alpine butterfly used when rigging. Leave it there for whoever de-rigging!
Good pitch head management
Easy access to the abseil rope
Good pitch head management
Ladder around the arm so you don’t drop it!!
Self lower with ladder rigged for later
Self lower with ladder rigged for later
Pitch rigged for SRT, converted to abseil for group
Good belay position
Belaying with the STOP
Great high belay
Ladder set,
Top roping the ladder (need a competent second)
STOP in belay mode
SRT at the climbing wall
SRT at the climbing wall
SRT at the climbing wall
SRT at the climbing wall
SRT at the climbing wall
SRT at the climbing wall
Pull through
Retrievable traverse rope set up
finishing touches to the releasable abseil
Releasable abseil set up
Spare rope tidied away
Good pith head management, great high belay position
Haul time!
3:1
3:1 with a re-direction so your whole body weight can be used
Rigging a tyrolean
Good strong anchors and big knot at the belay point
5:1 haul, one person hauling keeps well within the working capacity of the jammer
STOPs used (on a DMM rigging disk to keep them apart) with a small amount of tail then tied off, so the STOPS could slip if overloaded
Fun time!!
2 ropes for the tyrolean reduce the sag making it easier to get on and off, as well as reducing the chance of the rope rubbing on edges, however increases the loads on the anchors
Crude measurement of the angle at the half way point around 120 deg, so 100% of the load on each anchor
Long way down…