http://www.allclimbing.com/archive/2009/01/never-trust-a-single-anchor-an-analysis-of-a-rock-climbing-accident/ Blogging on climbing, bouldering, mountaineering, and training. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.allclimbing.com/archive/2009/01/never-trust-a-single-anchor-an-analysis-of-a-rock-climbing-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-272696 Top Posts on All Climbing from Jan 2009 — All Climbing Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:35:50 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=576#comment-272696 [...] Never Trust a Single Anchor, an Analysis of a Rock Climbing Accident Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 in Accidents Stewart Green writes up an excellent and detailed analysis of a climbing accident at the Garden of the Gods, Colorado. Apparently there were two sets of anchors at the top of The Practice Slab, an 80-foot sandstone slab route on South Gateway Rock, but the climber used the older set.This climber, however, disregarded the new anchors, choosing instead to thread his rope directly though one of the old bolts. [...] [...] Never Trust a Single Anchor, an Analysis of a Rock Climbing Accident Posted on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 in Accidents Stewart Green writes up an excellent and detailed analysis of a climbing accident at the Garden of the Gods, Colorado. Apparently there were two sets of anchors at the top of The Practice Slab, an 80-foot sandstone slab route on South Gateway Rock, but the climber used the older set.This climber, however, disregarded the new anchors, choosing instead to thread his rope directly though one of the old bolts. [...]

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