So they call it urban rigging

[Fairfield]

So when you have lost all options of an anchor point (like when you need to drop a 75ft section into a 50ft area.... We don't know anyone that does that ) just do a little urban rigging. Bring the best of rock climbing to a concrete driveway near you!
Worried about how much it holds!!! Who cares as long as you don't get hurt and you get paid, that's all that matters.

Thought I would post this pic as a little dry humor. Remind the new guys that just because it might work or others say its a good idea doesn't make it smart. Stay safe, happy 4th!

 

[Fairfield]

sorry.....

 

[Fairfield]

hey, holy crap it works, if you are not sure what you are looking at it is rock climbing anchors in a concrete driveway as an anchor.

 

[Blinky]

Nice idea with the stoppers. I'm not too hip on the wire on wire but hey, long as it holds.

 

[southsoundtree]

Bet some pink Camp Tricams would work in a lot of vertical concrete slots.

 

[SingleJack]

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hey, holy crap it works, if you are not sure what you are looking at it is rock climbing anchors in a concrete driveway as an anchor.

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"So they call it urban rigging"?
How much of a rigging load can those climbing chocks (or cams) safely hold?

 

[Tree_Machine]

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How much of a rigging load can those climbing chocks (or cams) safely hold?


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They call em Nuts.

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Bet some pink Camp Tricams would work in a lot of vertical concrete slots.


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These are known as 'friends'

 

[treebing]

friends are a brand name aren't they?

 

[treewill]

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Bet some pink Camp Tricams would work in a lot of vertical concrete slots.


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These are known as 'friends'

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'Friends' is a bit of an old school term for active cams, like camalots and the like. It comes from the Wild Country ones which are called 'Technical Friends'. CAMP tri-cams are different, they are actually passive protection which torques into the rock.


With most any rock climbing protection they have the rating prominently stamped on the gear, but I bet the concrete would give before the gear...

 

[Blinky]

So now I have to throw my rack in with my tree gear now.

 

[southsoundtree]

Tricams don't have a cable to kink, like TCUs.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

This is a perfect example of why NONE of my gear or tools are called toys.

Toys aren't tax deductible, tools are!

 

[No_Bivy]

drilled a bolt or two around here

 

[rich_h]

all clean aid for me !!

(well unless you count that ice axe in the mud in southern Utah )

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I've used crampons, plastic boots after an ice storm...both tools to climb a removal once...didn't work too well.

 

[chris_girard]

Sometimes cross-over technology works and sometimes it doesn't.

I guess you never know until you try though right?

 

[No_Bivy]

I would be careful of using stoppers on a concrete crack...very careful.

cool thread though

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

Interesting.

 

[Fairfield]

As much as this was more of a joking around thing, I do like to bring diffrent disaplins of rope work into all the rigging that I do. Concrete is a sketchy thing. If I was to do something like this for real, I would most likly try to get that anchor as deep as possable. If I could not get a crack that was at least a half inch deep I wouldnt even try.


Crampons in a tree?? Man that had to be a rough climb.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

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Crampons in a tree?? Man that had to be a rough climb.

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For a few days after the ice storm the trees had a veneer of 1/4-1/2" of ice. Climbing spikes don't work on horizontal limbs that have broken and are laying on roofs.

Front pointing and French Technique took on a whole different twist in the trees~