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by **Scott McCrea** » Jun 9, 2006 1:00 pm

I've never seen this set up before. Maybe we'll learn it next week at NCRC training? :shock:

by **Tim White** » Jun 9, 2006 4:16 pm

Sure you will... :rofl:

by **Stridergdm** » Jun 9, 2006 11:35 pm

Just remember to calculate the force factor on that fall and use dynamic rope!

:-)

by **speloman** » Jun 9, 2006 11:55 pm

by **wendy** » Jun 10, 2006 2:05 am

at least everyone is on rope, it took me a few looks to make sure

by **Cheryl Jones** » Jun 10, 2006 9:52 am

I can't figure out how the horizontal (middle) person got into position and how he/she will get out of it and back up the rock.

The belay ropes look scarily slack to me.

However I'll print this photo and carry it with me in the top of my helmet to refer to the next time I need to cross a chasm in a cave.... :laughing:

Cheryl

by **Ralph E. Powers** » Jun 10, 2006 12:58 pm

wendy wrote:at least everyone is on rope, it took me a few looks to make sure

Mebbe it's me but I'm having a hard time seeing the rope on the person in red reaching out to the other rock...

I can see the principal of it and while it's done in humor... I hope this doesn't get around because it'd suck to have to read about this in the Darwin Award pages ... :doh:

by **wendy** » Jun 10, 2006 1:38 pm

Ralph E. Powers wrote:
wendy wrote:at least everyone is on rope, it took me a few looks to make sure

Mebbe it's me but I'm having a hard time seeing the rope on the person in red reaching out to the other rock...

I can see the principal of it and while it's done in humor... I hope this doesn't get around because it'd suck to have to read about this in the Darwin Award pages ...

its a red rope, startes along the wall, passes beside the horizontal guy and past his head and goes between the legs of the one reaching for the other edge, and connects to what looks like the chest area, at least that's what I see

by **Ralph E. Powers** » Jun 10, 2006 11:00 pm

Ah yeah okay along the bloke's foot... sheesh ok... danke

by **Dwight Livingston** » Jun 11, 2006 7:44 pm

What happens should the guy in the white helmet fall? Looks to me he'll take a deep swing and slam face first into the wall about eight feet below everyone.

And where is everyone else's helmet?

by **Stridergdm** » Jun 11, 2006 8:23 pm

Dwight wrote:What happens should the guy in the white helmet fall? Looks to me he'll take a deep swing and slam face first into the wall about eight feet below everyone.

And where is everyone else's helmet?

Well you know those climbers, they're nuts.

by **Grandpa Caver** » Jun 11, 2006 9:41 pm

Reminds me of one of those ant migration videos on the National Geographic channel.

by **Mike Cato** » Jun 12, 2006 10:08 am

That's the old human drawbridge solution invented years ago by the Birmingham Grotto. The key is the lock-on method used by the person playing the drawbridge role. Armpit friction is very important and no deodorant should be used at least 12 hours before the task.

Note: Reference to B'ham Grotto for entertainment purposes only. :wink:

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