Why don’t people clip in? I get its like 5.4 aid climbing but walking and swapping your 2 anchors adds a trivial amount of time in order to not die IMO.
I wonder about that too. For context, I’ve done it, and I wouldn’t do it again without a harness and clipping in. It’s just such a trivially easy thing to do to protect yourself and the cables are not at all adequate for safety.
For me, I didn’t use one because I didn’t realize I’d want it. I knew a ton of people do it daily, knew there wasn’t a lot of discussion or use of harnesses, and I assumed I’d agree with everyone else. And I think for a lot of others there’s that element, plus not even really knowing how easy it is to use one. You certainly are stuck with your decision once you finally make it to the cables, lol.
Many actual climbers descending this route do in fact use this, although for many that’s more about fear of chuckleheads fucking up than the actual descent - it’s class III but the wear on the rock makes it quite slippery in places.
Why don’t people clip in? I get its like 5.4 aid climbing but walking and swapping your 2 anchors adds a trivial amount of time in order to not die IMO.
I wonder about that too. For context, I’ve done it, and I wouldn’t do it again without a harness and clipping in. It’s just such a trivially easy thing to do to protect yourself and the cables are not at all adequate for safety.
For me, I didn’t use one because I didn’t realize I’d want it. I knew a ton of people do it daily, knew there wasn’t a lot of discussion or use of harnesses, and I assumed I’d agree with everyone else. And I think for a lot of others there’s that element, plus not even really knowing how easy it is to use one. You certainly are stuck with your decision once you finally make it to the cables, lol.
Because you’d (a) need a harness; (b) have to know how to use it and use slings; © it’s not 5.4.
Many actual climbers descending this route do in fact use this, although for many that’s more about fear of chuckleheads fucking up than the actual descent - it’s class III but the wear on the rock makes it quite slippery in places.