Sunday, 16 August 2015

Rowan Route

Met a nice lady in the campsite toilets and after a chat about climbing Ruth and Neil agreed to a day of multi-pitch coaching.
They whipped up Tryfan for a warm-up whilst Jenny and I recc'ed Rowan Route on Milestone. Ideal.
Placing & removing gear
Flaking rope
Calls/communication
Clipping quickdraws correctly
Building belays with the rope
Equalising anchors
Organising the stance for start of next pitch
Reducing fall-factor by placing gear leaving the belay
Protecting a crux and gear deserts ahead
Abseil techniques
Lady coils
Maybe mummy was wrong about talking to strange men in toilets - good day, thanks Ruth/Neil.