Garlands Pot anchors

[Pete K]

I don't remember it being so deep. Does the 20m on the sketch include the rigging?

The last time I looked down from the top it did look deeper than I remembered though. I think some of the rubble pile has washed away over the last 30 odd years. I think we used 2x25 ft ladders to the natural threads and had quite a lot of it left over at the bottom.

It may seem an odd question re the depth, but I don't often visit well known places so rigging topos etc. don't exist.

25m is the total rope length. No doubt it is possible to rig using less anchors and a shorter rope, but 25m will cover what is on the published topo.

 

[Pete K]

25m is the total rope length. No doubt it is possible to rig using less anchors and a shorter rope, but 25m will cover what is on the published topo.

Sorry, typo. I meant 20m.

 

[caving_fox]

What's the expected set-up for a ladder rig?

 

[Pete K]

What's the expected set-up for a ladder rig?

'Dry weather Y-hang' option on the topo, with ladder on the upper RH Y-hang bolt I recon. As someone who regularly ladders clients up there, I think that's possibly going to be the optimal way of doing it. I think that would give a good ladder hang so you don't trap fingers on the chert/basalt ledges, and a slightly higher belay point for the leader's ease of use. Rigging is untested with a ladder at this point though, but it probably won't be long before one of the local instructors gets a group on it.