paull
New member
The following was placed by a new member of the club on our forum . thought i would place it on here for a wider point of view
Here is a hypothetical question for those new and experience with SRT.
It is 1900hrs you are the last in a party of 4 to descend the 90 foot pitch in Bar pot,there are no other parties in the Gaping Ghyll system.
You are 45 feet down the pitch when the rope shudders and a small shower of limestone sherds bounce off you.
As you look up you notice one of the anchors has come out and is swinging around the rope.
you cannot see the condition of the existing anchor,
Do you;
a) Continue to carefully abseil down to the party of chums below.
b)Clip in your ascenders, take off your stop and ascend to the top of the pitch.
One to think about, WHAT WOULD YOU DO ?
Here is a hypothetical question for those new and experience with SRT.
It is 1900hrs you are the last in a party of 4 to descend the 90 foot pitch in Bar pot,there are no other parties in the Gaping Ghyll system.
You are 45 feet down the pitch when the rope shudders and a small shower of limestone sherds bounce off you.
As you look up you notice one of the anchors has come out and is swinging around the rope.
you cannot see the condition of the existing anchor,
Do you;
a) Continue to carefully abseil down to the party of chums below.
b)Clip in your ascenders, take off your stop and ascend to the top of the pitch.
One to think about, WHAT WOULD YOU DO ?