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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

A thread to post a question that puzzles you. Hopefully someone will give a relevant answer.

My question is in regard to the two guys free-climbing El Capitan, essentially a 900m sheer granite face using only their body and ropes.

Q. Who attaches the rope above them? If they themselves can climb high enough to fix it, why not just keep climbing?

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By *ikki ShooterTV/TS
over a year ago

Epsom

The ropes stop you making that single long fall. It free climbing so you're connected to each other and your highest point. No other ropes. Why they stop? Its a long way......

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon


" A thread to post a question that puzzles you. Hopefully someone will give a relevant answer.

My question is in regard to the two guys free-climbing El Capitan, essentially a 900m sheer granite face using only their body and ropes.

Q. Who attaches the rope above them? If they themselves can climb high enough to fix it, why not just keep climbing?"

Free climbing is without ropes, so if they had ropes they were just climbing normally.

Trad (traditional) climbing uses ropes and protection. Protection consists of nuts, cams, wedges, chocks, slings etc.

Basically, nuts are metal lumps formed into a shape that will wedge into cracks and crevices and, when loaded by weight, jamb tightly, allowing you to then attach a free running loop (karabiner) through which your rope runs.

As a pair climbs, one leads, placing protection, as his partner belays him... feeding rope out, but preparing to lock the rope off if the lead falls.

Once at the full length of rope, the lead then belays the second guy up, who takes the protection out as he climbs. This carries on to the top.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


" A thread to post a question that puzzles you. Hopefully someone will give a relevant answer.

My question is in regard to the two guys free-climbing El Capitan, essentially a 900m sheer granite face using only their body and ropes.

Q. Who attaches the rope above them? If they themselves can climb high enough to fix it, why not just keep climbing?

Free climbing is without ropes, so if they had ropes they were just climbing normally.

Trad (traditional) climbing uses ropes and protection. Protection consists of nuts, cams, wedges, chocks, slings etc.

Basically, nuts are metal lumps formed into a shape that will wedge into cracks and crevices and, when loaded by weight, jamb tightly, allowing you to then attach a free running loop (karabiner) through which your rope runs.

As a pair climbs, one leads, placing protection, as his partner belays him... feeding rope out, but preparing to lock the rope off if the lead falls.

Once at the full length of rope, the lead then belays the second guy up, who takes the protection out as he climbs. This carries on to the top."

Any more for any more?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love rope chat 1

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I love rope chat 1 "

Is that less painful than rope chaff?

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


" A thread to post a question that puzzles you. Hopefully someone will give a relevant answer.

My question is in regard to the two guys free-climbing El Capitan, essentially a 900m sheer granite face using only their body and ropes.

Q. Who attaches the rope above them? If they themselves can climb high enough to fix it, why not just keep climbing?"

I hadn't realised there were ropes involved till lunchtime. I assumed someone had reached the top from the other (easier?) side and dropped the ropes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I love rope chat 1

Is that less painful than rope chaff?

"
ohh mum get the germolene !

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon


" A thread to post a question that puzzles you. Hopefully someone will give a relevant answer.

My question is in regard to the two guys free-climbing El Capitan, essentially a 900m sheer granite face using only their body and ropes.

Q. Who attaches the rope above them? If they themselves can climb high enough to fix it, why not just keep climbing?

Free climbing is without ropes, so if they had ropes they were just climbing normally.

Trad (traditional) climbing uses ropes and protection. Protection consists of nuts, cams, wedges, chocks, slings etc.

Basically, nuts are metal lumps formed into a shape that will wedge into cracks and crevices and, when loaded by weight, jamb tightly, allowing you to then attach a free running loop (karabiner) through which your rope runs.

As a pair climbs, one leads, placing protection, as his partner belays him... feeding rope out, but preparing to lock the rope off if the lead falls.

Once at the full length of rope, the lead then belays the second guy up, who takes the protection out as he climbs. This carries on to the top.

Any more for any more? "

That about covers it... unless you want me to bore you with the different types and styles of climbing lol?

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon


" A thread to post a question that puzzles you. Hopefully someone will give a relevant answer.

My question is in regard to the two guys free-climbing El Capitan, essentially a 900m sheer granite face using only their body and ropes.

Q. Who attaches the rope above them? If they themselves can climb high enough to fix it, why not just keep climbing?

I hadn't realised there were ropes involved till lunchtime. I assumed someone had reached the top from the other (easier?) side and dropped the ropes."

There is a style of climbing that does this to start with, called Redpointing (or, for boring purists like me... cheating lol!).

This is where someone finds a climb they cant do, and finds an easy way up, drop a rope down it, abseil down and practice the hard bits until they can climb it!

Some take it further, by brushing crap out of potential holds and smears, but hell has a special place for these cheating scumbags... and it's called Swindon!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Soloing is climbing without ropes

Free climbing inclining using only the holds available on your own muscles

Aid climbing is climbing using fixed points of 'aid' simplest form might be a sling attached to the rock either by natural gear placements, wedges in cracks etc., or a bolt and you stand in the sling to give you an additional hold to help you gain height.

These guys are free climbing. Climber 1 the 'leader', climbs, trailing a rope, climber 2 the 'second' follows him up.

Ropes are heavy, the climbing on this route is hard, like really really hard, so muscles get tired. What do you do when you get tired? You stop. He can only go a rope length from his second anyway.

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By *eerobCouple
over a year ago

solihull


" A thread to post a question that puzzles you. Hopefully someone will give a relevant answer.

My question is in regard to the two guys free-climbing El Capitan, essentially a 900m sheer granite face using only their body and ropes.

Q. Who attaches the rope above them? If they themselves can climb high enough to fix it, why not just keep climbing?

Free climbing is without ropes, so if they had ropes they were just climbing normally.

Trad (traditional) climbing uses ropes and protection. Protection consists of nuts, cams, wedges, chocks, slings etc.

Basically, nuts are metal lumps formed into a shape that will wedge into cracks and crevices and, when loaded by weight, jamb tightly, allowing you to then attach a free running loop (karabiner) through which your rope runs.

As a pair climbs, one leads, placing protection, as his partner belays him... feeding rope out, but preparing to lock the rope off if the lead falls.

Once at the full length of rope, the lead then belays the second guy up, who takes the protection out as he climbs. This carries on to the top."

Hate to disagree with you but 'nuts' are climbers that free climb up smooth faced rock faces.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

have they completed it yet..?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


" A thread to post a question that puzzles you. Hopefully someone will give a relevant answer.

My question is in regard to the two guys free-climbing El Capitan, essentially a 900m sheer granite face using only their body and ropes.

Q. Who attaches the rope above them? If they themselves can climb high enough to fix it, why not just keep climbing?

Free climbing is without ropes, so if they had ropes they were just climbing normally.

Trad (traditional) climbing uses ropes and protection. Protection consists of nuts, cams, wedges, chocks, slings etc.

Basically, nuts are metal lumps formed into a shape that will wedge into cracks and crevices and, when loaded by weight, jamb tightly, allowing you to then attach a free running loop (karabiner) through which your rope runs.

As a pair climbs, one leads, placing protection, as his partner belays him... feeding rope out, but preparing to lock the rope off if the lead falls.

Once at the full length of rope, the lead then belays the second guy up, who takes the protection out as he climbs. This carries on to the top.

Hate to disagree with you but 'nuts' are climbers that free climb up smooth faced rock faces. "

Sorry to correct you again but...

Nuts are what get squashed when you take a fall and your harness isn't quite positioned properly!

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon


"Soloing is climbing without ropes

Free climbing inclining using only the holds available on your own muscles

Aid climbing is climbing using fixed points of 'aid' simplest form might be a sling attached to the rock either by natural gear placements, wedges in cracks etc., or a bolt and you stand in the sling to give you an additional hold to help you gain height.

These guys are free climbing. Climber 1 the 'leader', climbs, trailing a rope, climber 2 the 'second' follows him up.

Ropes are heavy, the climbing on this route is hard, like really really hard, so muscles get tired. What do you do when you get tired? You stop. He can only go a rope length from his second anyway."

Feck, you are right too, damn, I'm loosing my marbles

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend


" A thread to post a question that puzzles you. Hopefully someone will give a relevant answer.

My question is in regard to the two guys free-climbing El Capitan, essentially a 900m sheer granite face using only their body and ropes.

Q. Who attaches the rope above them? If they themselves can climb high enough to fix it, why not just keep climbing?"
use a sky hook

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