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Although....The Leaning Tower Chimney ...Very nice. <br />Although....The Leaning Tower Chimney goes with 1 cord. Downclimb a little & you'll see.<br />Really. no troll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643431037855489490.post-25030904696025391982010-06-24T12:00:37.593-06:002010-06-24T12:00:37.593-06:00Thanks Will. That seems like a good way to jug. I ...Thanks Will. That seems like a good way to jug. I did frog style jugging the whole way. I didn't really have much problem with it... it's not as efficient as the way you described though. I didn't have a choice with cleaning, I had to clean on rappel because I only brought one rope and every pitch was almost a full rope length. Bringing a second rope would have made cleaning easier, and given me the option to bail. It would have added extra time, and the fact that I couldn't bail made me climb faster. <br /><br />The tower is definitely a super good wall to solo. There are a bunch of bolt ladders that go really quick, along with a ton of fixed gear.Cheyne Lempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987834177217276978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643431037855489490.post-76171602261879217782010-06-23T19:53:20.867-06:002010-06-23T19:53:20.867-06:00Cheyne,
Will here from Salathé Wall. Awesome wor...Cheyne,<br /><br />Will here from Salathé Wall. Awesome work on all your recent wall travel. <br />You may have already been doing this, but on overhanging terrain it's wayyyyyyy easier to jug frog style:<br /><br />http://www.climbing.com/print/techtips/ttaid226/<br /><br />On something like Leaning Tower, that's ALL overhanging, it might be worth using the setup described at the above link, but you can also set it up without any special-purpose gear (nice for walls like Salathé, where normal jugging is best most of the time). To do it with just the stuff you would normally use for Yosemite style jugging: Pass a big locker thru your leg and waist loops (same path your tie-in and belay loop follow). Clip one of your jumars to this THRU THE HANDLE, NOT THE BINER HOLE. You could clip thru the biner hole, but the lower you can get this bottom ascender, the more you'll get out of each stroke. The Croll ascender really shines here, but again, that's special purpose gear. I have one, and it's definitely better, but not essential. Next, put a sling around your neck and clip it to the TOP of the ascender you've just placed. In the setup above, this sling is a Petzl Torse harness (which is indeed nicer than a sling). Clip your other jumar to the rope above you with 1 etrier attached (the setup above shows using a specially tied piece of webbing instead of an etrier, which I've found to be of NO benefit). Put both jumars on rope. Put both feet in THE SAME step of your etrier, I believe mine go in the middle of the 5 steps, but it might be 2nd from the bottom - play with this placement for max benefit. The rope goes IN FRONT of the etrier, between your shoes, and BOTH hands go on the upper ascender. Pull down on upper ascender while pumping with legs, and your feet will pull the rope thru the bottom ascender, which you will promptly sit on. Push up the upper ascender and repeat a million times. It is really, truly MUCH easier than "Yosemite style" jugging on steep terrain. Note that I tried once leaving 1 ascender at home, and using the Gri-Gri as the bottom ascender. It sucked. Don't do it (unless you've dropped an ascender). As for whether or not to clean on rappel or jumar, on something that overhangs that much, I like the way you did it, cleaning on rappel. Other times, if the pitch is straight up, and especially if I'm carrying 2 ropes, then I'll clean while jumaring. I'll always do everything in my power to clean traverses on rappel (for obvious reasons). <br /><br />You have me wanting to get out there and solo the tower now. Keep tearing it up!<br /><br />Willwecclestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817774464013183745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643431037855489490.post-82893781059617200332010-06-21T18:39:39.959-06:002010-06-21T18:39:39.959-06:00dude this is RAD! good job i knew you wouldn't...dude this is RAD! good job i knew you wouldn't have much trouble. Did you figure out that you can rap the whole descent with one 60m? good stuff.<br />when i soloed it i did the same sequence but next time i think I'll lead, fix, rap while passing gear, unfix the bottom, then jug back up cleaning so that you don't free hang as much and cleaning should be easier.<br /><br />-ZackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com