List of pull-through descents on CNCC anchors

[IanWalker]

Hi all

I'd like to put together a list of pull-through descents that involve pulling down on the CNCC anchors. This is to assist with a possible project checking anchor wear, as after 30+ years in service some are now getting ready for retirement.

To start us off I have the classics that have been reanchored recently

• Simpson
• Swinsto

And a couple that I can remember doing

• Rowten
• Pool Sink

We have recently found wear on the following

• Lost Johns
• Top Sink

What other locations are used for pull-through descents on the CNCC anchors? Only trips that are actually undertaken please - theoretical or daydream trips don't count as they don't cause any wear.

Cheers,
Ian

 

[langcliffe]

Lancaster Hole.

 

[alanw]

Heron?

 

[langcliffe]

Top Sink

 

[Badlad]

Yordas
Turbary
King Pot
Langstroth

 

[Babyhagrid]

County pot

 

[HardenClimber3]

Voldemort

 

[langcliffe]

I was under the impression that Voldemort and Turbary Pot are not equipped with CNCC anchors. The same with the Borehole, another good pull-through..

 

[andrewmcleod]

Wilf Taylors passage

 

[JoshW]

Calf holes? (Although usage I imagine has dropped significantly in the last few years)

 

[Steve Clark]

Short drop. The short pitch into a small pool before you get near the traverse.

Although it had a big fat galvanised mailion on the most useful bolt the last time I used it. A smaller stainless one would provide something else to wear out instead of the bolt.

 

[langcliffe]

Short drop. The short pitch into a small pool before you get near the traverse.

Although it had a big fat galvanised mailion on the most useful bolt the last time I used it. A smaller stainless one would provide something else to wear out instead of the bolt.

I find it a real pain when I encounter a maillon which has been left on a hanger. I have extracted more than a few over the 30 years or so of the CNCC bolting-régime, usually in a very dilapidated state.. I suspect that the main reason for the wear on hangers is the use of unwashed ropes.

 

[mikem]

It also depends on the relative positions of the bolts as to whether the ropes run through smoothly.

I've pulled through on dollytubs and gone up a pre rigged rope in alum

 

[JoshW]

Dr bannisters in long churn I’ve pulled through after me if I’ve headed in that way with a group

 

[IanWalker]

How about Gaping Gill area? I know there are many exchange possibilities but which trips are actually undertaken as pull-throughs?

 

[langcliffe]

How about Gaping Gill area? I know there are many exchange possibilities but which trips are actually undertaken as pull-throughs?

I remember a certain trip attempted by one member of this forum - OBJ to Stile Pot. But there are no CNCC bolts involved, and I suspect that it will never be a popular trip!

 

[flashheart]

Waterfall Passage in Lancaster. Not sure if it's CNCC bolts though.

 

[Ian Ball]

I remember a certain trip attempted by one member of this forum - OBJ to Stile Pot. But there are no CNCC bolts involved, and I suspect that it will never be a popular trip!

Too fat