langcliffe
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I had a fairly cheap reminder to always follow best practice earlier today.
In desperate need of a cold shower a couple of us went down Hardrawkin, and conditions being icy we installed a ten metre rope from the fence into the stream and hence down the 3 metre climb as an aid. On exit I found the rope had been pulled up and was lying by the fence, probably by a passing walker. Fortunately the climb out was not problematic, but it did serve as a reminder for me to tie off the bottom of ropes on surface pitches. If it had been the wet entrance to Sell Gill, the outcome may have been very different.
In desperate need of a cold shower a couple of us went down Hardrawkin, and conditions being icy we installed a ten metre rope from the fence into the stream and hence down the 3 metre climb as an aid. On exit I found the rope had been pulled up and was lying by the fence, probably by a passing walker. Fortunately the climb out was not problematic, but it did serve as a reminder for me to tie off the bottom of ropes on surface pitches. If it had been the wet entrance to Sell Gill, the outcome may have been very different.
