I've been to Vesper Pot a couple of times now and the rigging is always entertaining. There are a couple of sections that I find a bit odd so I want to hear what other people do.
1) Top of the second pitch (can't quite remember if that's right).
You have to traverse a couple of meters above the rapidly dropping away streamway. There is a single bolt in the wall, just by a little rock bridge that you can stand on. Round the corner is the pitch, and the next bolt. Directly below the bolt is a window through which it might be possible to step and rig the next bolt.
I normally rig from the first bolt, descending round the corner, and treat the second bolt above the pitch a rebelay. It seems odd that there's not even one bolt to protect the traverse and provide a backup, and I haven't seen any good naturals there, so I wasn't sure if that is correct.
2) The long sketchy traverse.
Rig the final traverse bolt as a pitch. Then put your descender on and lean out backwards to get to the y-hang. This works quite well, if a bit strange, because you can stay on the relatively nice footholds. Does anyone just do it as a tight traverse line?
3) Top of the final pitch.
The reach out to the far wall. Crazy bit of bolting. I normally have a tight traverse line back to the bolt at the back of the ledge. Was it bolted like this just for fun?
1) Top of the second pitch (can't quite remember if that's right).
You have to traverse a couple of meters above the rapidly dropping away streamway. There is a single bolt in the wall, just by a little rock bridge that you can stand on. Round the corner is the pitch, and the next bolt. Directly below the bolt is a window through which it might be possible to step and rig the next bolt.
I normally rig from the first bolt, descending round the corner, and treat the second bolt above the pitch a rebelay. It seems odd that there's not even one bolt to protect the traverse and provide a backup, and I haven't seen any good naturals there, so I wasn't sure if that is correct.
2) The long sketchy traverse.
Rig the final traverse bolt as a pitch. Then put your descender on and lean out backwards to get to the y-hang. This works quite well, if a bit strange, because you can stay on the relatively nice footholds. Does anyone just do it as a tight traverse line?
3) Top of the final pitch.
The reach out to the far wall. Crazy bit of bolting. I normally have a tight traverse line back to the bolt at the back of the ledge. Was it bolted like this just for fun?