MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoCollege student slips on Yosemite's Half Dome cables, falls to her deathwww.sfgate.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down13
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkCollege student slips on Yosemite's Half Dome cables, falls to her deathwww.sfgate.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareenbyecho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 months agoBecause you’d (a) need a harness; (b) have to know how to use it and use slings; © it’s not 5.4. Many actual climbers descending this route do in fact use this, although for many that’s more about fear of chuckleheads fucking up than the actual descent - it’s class III but the wear on the rock makes it quite slippery in places.
Because you’d (a) need a harness; (b) have to know how to use it and use slings; © it’s not 5.4.
Many actual climbers descending this route do in fact use this, although for many that’s more about fear of chuckleheads fucking up than the actual descent - it’s class III but the wear on the rock makes it quite slippery in places.