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@@mcclunky3093 oh nice! I think I see what you are talking about. I sincerely appreciate the timestamped feedback.

@@Keglerradio when I go back to lead the route, I'm just going to drape my rope over the hooks instead of messing around with draws and call it a send!

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@@ndube21005 this is the rappel station on the west face that's found at the gunsight of Seneca rocks WV

@@bobbyd7363 yep, I've enjoyed the convenience that the Petzl Dual Adjust provides. That way my rappel is always ready to go. Thanks for watching!

Ha, I figured I made that harder than it had to be. Working on the crack technique...

@@Hikergy16 you'll get it next time. Don't stress too much about getting onsights. Build your pyramid with the lower grades to gain experience then bookmark a few lines you really want to go for

@@asasama12 good question. Safety always trumps ethics. If lowering off of rappel rings is what you are more comfortable doing, then definitely do that. However, it's best practice to rig a rappel to lower yourself because it causes significantly less wear to the fixed gear on the wall due to a weighted rope not passing through the steel (and sometimes aluminum) rappel rings. Essentially, lowering off of anchors after passing a bight through or threading your rope and retying your figure 8 causes unnecessary wear on gear that would need to be replaced more frequently if everyone did that. The best advice I ever got from a climbing guide was the phrase "add, function check, remove." It refers to always function checking a new system before removing an old one. Hope this helps!

@@Nickpetikas Got it, makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the reply!

yep, less than ideal. but at least there were two?

Could you give some specifics? Specifically from this video

Juan, I sincerely appreciate your comment. Can you reply with more specificity? Write out some timestamps so I could jump straight to the points in the video that you're referencing.

This is the old school way of learning. Go to the rocks and see what happens. Pretty rad if you ask me, and way more badass then learning in a gym

@@23takumi88 I appreciate that! I'll think of your words this weekend when we're out climbing

@@Zoehere we're going back in October to achieve the better view. It's atop the route they were looking and laughing at.

Been leading outdoors since 2015.. leading trad since 2020

@@JoBianco it's a 9.5

@@Nickpetikas must be the camera angle, or you are a large guy lol !

jo stop following me

thanks for commenting. I recognized the near 90 degree angle and due to the nice ledge I was on, and the easy grade of the climb I wasn't too worried.

@@Nickpetikas makes sense! Always hard to consider all the factors from a video :). Happy climbing!

I agree with Dan - pretty far apart, especially considering how shotty the rock quality is at Seneca. Easy climbing and terrain is the best time to practice making perfect anchors. You have a double rack and plenty of cord, so there’s not much of an excuse for anything other than perfect anchors. Be careful in Seneca, shit happens a lot to even the most experienced people there

Yeah especially because this is titled as an instructional video

@@fullsnarf959 ?

Hikergy! Good to hear from you again. Hope you're well. The edge looks bad from the camera angle but it was pretty smoothed out. I was convinced that it was where most other people's ropes pass through while belaying from the top. I'm a few trips behind and need to publish quite a few more videos to catch back up.

@@pnzrldr never underestimate a 5.8+

It'll be pretty cold until the end of March. Plenty of folks still make trips down to the red to climb in December if they can get a sunny weekend. It's definitely a gamble to hope for sun, and a necessity to plan your crag sequence on South facing walls to get the most sun each day climbing.

Ah, I figured the start was where the cheater blocks were but I opted to start wherever I could reach.

Makes for a faster descent setting it up that way. I found that setting up like that with two wraps of my hollow block makes for a pretty smooth ride. Another variable is thickness of rope. You've got a keen eye, thanks for making it to the end of the video.

Thanks for tuning in man, the plan is to upload every climb to have the journey to 5.13s archived. Cheers to a good winter of training, maybe we'll cross paths in the spring.

I liked the chill anchor too!

Honestly, I didn't see the first bolt until a commenter mentioned it on this video. I always stick clip the second bolt on routes if I can reach it. I'm a moderate climber, no sponsorships on the line. My approach is to get stronger sustainably, that means mitigating the risk of ground falls.

@@Nickpetikas I think a good belay will prevent that and is intended to most of the time. Nonetheless, sick climb!

I like to see my heart rate, I’ve got a glass screen protector on the watch.

@@Nickpetikas Nice work, congrats! Don't you think that looking at it makes you nervous? I noticed accelerated breathing almost right away. Or do you use it for a medical condition or something?

@@KanXibChaac no medical condition that I know of. Sometimes as I climb I get worked up, especially when I’m attempting my hardest onsight. Or in this instance, when there is a loud party next to us. I simply feel less safe when there are loud people neighboring us because I worry if my belayer can hear me or will get distracted and glance over right as I fall. For a while I was experimenting with nose breathing during running and climbing. Being able to see the facts and check my heart rate helps me choose to shake out and rest to bring my bpm down as needed. Thanks for noticing my breathing, next season I will prioritize keeping it under control. It’s nice to get feedback