Speleofish said:Peg hammer and EBs to hack steps up a grade 4 gully at the top of a long rock route in the dolomites. It was summer, so we didn't think we'd need anything complicated. Possibly the most mind expanding thing I've ever done...
Had there been a next time, I might have been a little better prepared.
Been in a similar situation on the Ben, and Shelterstone. Asked my wife to untie and just hold the ropes in one hand, and reconnect when (and if) I lived to find a belay. Oddly, I think of them as happy days.