Great to hear they've been useful!

Haha, I'm not quite there, yet 😂

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There's many people who think anything but a quad is deadly lol

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Glad you liked it!

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Pleasure!

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Good question! Either would be safe but I’d tend to do left rope for left piece, right rope for right piece. Sometimes this might have to be the case for a big out of reach set up, to have enough rope to do it.

Probably not too worried about it. But as it is an instructional video, the correct practice is not to leave loose loops. The good reason to worry is that if it does roll out, you are likely to be affecting the integrity of the anchor.

I think it's pretty unlikely with a well dressed knot... but it's something I still personally do.

I've never been sadly, only looked up at it, maybe next winter! Looks super good.

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Interesting, the only issue I see is that you're left with multiple eights on your harness - so you're putting yourself in a position where you're going to have to keep track of which eight you'll have to untie from. An on the same colored rope. For me anytime I'm untying the eight on my harness, it's a critical act. "Why the fuck am I doing this?" "Is there any other way?" "How do I mitigate this risk BEFORE I do it?" "When do I go back to normal operation." Am I out in my understanding of what you're asking though?

Good point, but the eights get tied onto the rope loop that you tied into your harness as the start of the climb. It’s never been an issue to differentiate which figure eight is which

I guess I'd call that way a little old skool, but I do still use it sometimes too. I'll usually default to the HMS + clove hitches, but sometimes if I need a 3rd piece I'll bring that leg of rope back to my harness and tie around the rope loop as per your method, so a combo. I like it, it's a neat way of saving a clip, the downside is it's a bit more of a faff to adjust.

That probably sums up my climbing ‘old school.’ Time for me to learn some new tricks When are you coming out to Australia for a climb Jez? Maybe and alternative to Spain?

​@@JBMountainSkillsprobably even older school - pull a bight through your rope loop and tie off with two half-hitches around the strands.... 🙄

No, because then you'd set off on the second lead without the haul rope. Better to use a dedicated anchor sling on a big wall

Good question! One of the things I like about doing these videos is that it makes me question what I do to, and when editing this video thought exactly the same as you! My justification was that you're pulling the gear in such a similar direction that I can't see it being a problem, as opposed to creating something looking like an American Death Triangle.

A very tight smile and a master point using both pieces (granted a 90º

Whilst it might be ok, it'd be impossible for me to say "yes it's fine" dues to being outside of manufacturer's guidelines on lifespan.

if you are not going to climb on it; would you build an anchor out of it? i know my answer when i'm hanging off the fabric!!!! :-j

A lot of people use older than recommended soft gear and it will probably be OK, but then it may not be and it would be impossible to know. I do however know of a shop in North Wales who had a climbing rope in the window display for 13 years (according to the MRT guy who told me the story) and it was clearly beyond it's time period as per manufacturer recommendations, so they sent it back for testing, apparently it was good and broke above the test strength despite being hit with UV through the glass. I suspect the 10year thing is an arbitrary figure brought in by industry to protect themselves from liability rather than a cash cow and don't forget it provides a safety margin, so judgement is required. Nobody chops a good new rope to make an abseil anchor around a block, it's all retired old gear,some clearly better than others. For the uses you have stated it would likely be good, for potential large lead falls I'd say not. Probably.

@@mattbaker1683 Good Points Matt. trying to find a middle ground for my own headspace re. abbing / bailing on something that is load rated, so; planned addition to a crag? semi-static rope @ ~£2 a meter.** take up a route in case needing to duck out unexpectedly? Tubular Polyamide Webbing ISO'd for climbing use (the number of full length stripes potentially indicates the kN rating) both of these methods require the correct and well dressed knots with appropriate tail length & inspection prior to loading. ** if really going to town on it, searching out a static / semi static with a noted UV resistance value. certainly not ideal to chop the best & newest rope ends, but if it is a dire situation; I hope there would be no hesitation. :-j

Good question! There is going to be a part 3 where I combine 3 / 4 pieces of kit, but... In your example: Build a sling belay on 1&2. That creates a master point if you like. Now treat that master point as one piece. Use the rope to build a belay using that master point and piece 3. Hope that helps!

​@@JBMountainSkills would it be possible to add a bit about building anchors with half ropes aswell, just highlighting what is done differently?