#70 Rope Soloing Trad Classic Gunks climb Ken's Crack 5.7 with the Wild Country Revo

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@KellenMcgrath 4 жыл бұрын

Never seen gunks in real life, curious as to how you get down without leaving gear, are there some bolts with rap rings somewhere up there? Or does it go up and over and it can be easily walked/scrambled? These vids are keeping me sane! hahaha

@gunkclimber 4 жыл бұрын

It is a mix. Some anchors, a few down climbs. And a few were you walk to another rap. There is a gunks app. You can find it here- gunksapps.com/ Just be warned, it is not the cheapest. But I think it is better then guide books. Though I do like guide books. The app has complete up to date rappels, approaches, closures, etc. It includes all climbs with ability to make tick lists, how good the climb is and different variations for climbs. The Trapps is the biggest area and has many more climbs then the near trapps. Good luck, hope to see you out there! Can't wait til the the Gunks opens again.

@gunkclimber 4 жыл бұрын

By the way, I rappel to get my gear off the wall. It is usually easier and quicker, but can be a little dangerous cleaning on rappel.

@RaymandoEsperanza 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure about all the errors, but the first placement looked like it was meant to sustain an upward pull, but the but was set for a downward pull. Also, it looked like a munter instead of a clove hitch. Other than that, maybe extending some of the pro would have been a good idea. I was shocked by what I saw, and actual stopped watching to read the description, then felt much better - nice job!

@gunkclimber 4 жыл бұрын

The first piece was a munter hitch. It was used to pull the slack from the bottom anchor. Using a clove hitch for any gear other then an anchor is a bad idea because it can increase the fall factor and could break your back on a fall or possibly break gear or your harness. When rope soloing you don't need to extend gear, but I sometimes do it to prevent the rope from rubbing on sharp rock. Also sometimes it make it easier when I clean routes to use long slings on traverses. Though some of the more dangerous things I did, would be not using a rope bag. The Revo can open itself with the weight of the rope after a fall. Though the knots should catch. You were right about the first piece, I should have used a cam because if I would have fallen from a high piece of gear it might have ripped this nut out in the upper pull.

@RaymandoEsperanza 4 жыл бұрын

gunkclimber - I missed that there was an anchor at the bottom, and thought the rope was just being drawn from the bag - makes sense now.