I went to Indian Rock yesterday with a few friends and saw that someone had setup top-ropes on the back side. After checking out the anchor configuration and the condition of the rope, I stupidly decided that it’d be fun to prusik up one of the ropes. I normally don’t bring my climbing harness with me to Indian Rock, but since I did have a few slings and carabiners, I decided to try using my belt as a harness.
Bad idea. I was jugging up the rope and decided to rest on my upper prusik. My belt broke almost instantly, and I took a short little fall onto my crash pad. You can see the aftermath of my experiment in the picture above. Maybe next time I’ll be wearing a stronger belt…
Hey, I saw your post about slacklining on campus and see that you’ve got a line hooked up to a lamp post. I’ve got a line that I’ve been wanting to set up on campus-email me if you’d be down to show me where you did that.