A normal sized cam in a decent placement basically isn’t going anywhere. Tiny cams, weird non parallel placements, or suspect rock could be a concern but that isn’t the case here. That cam is rated to iirc 14kN, and the peak force generated in a fall is ballpark 2-4kN.
this style of climbing, the average climber is generally trying to not fall at all. but at the higher levels of trad climbing, you're more skilled, and you may be comfortable trying harder stuff and falling more frequently. it depends a lot but trad climbers do fall and its pretty normal and safe most of the time
Hey, I think I see some actual rock climbing savvy in this short! Really cool, especially coming from a snowboarder! Keep up the good work!
Thanks! Will do!
As someone who's afraid of heights, this single short made me sweat more than any Horror game I've ever played.
Do you ever question the safety of the cams?
A normal sized cam in a decent placement basically isn’t going anywhere. Tiny cams, weird non parallel placements, or suspect rock could be a concern but that isn’t the case here. That cam is rated to iirc 14kN, and the peak force generated in a fall is ballpark 2-4kN.
Is your hand hurting or not?
A little bit
Why does this only have 5 comments?
Have you ever fell?
amazing crack
what route is this
Warm up hand crack!
That hold you put in wouldn’t have held if you fell.
Have you ever fell?
more than likely a climber of this skill level has fallen countless times either sport and trad climbing. part of the process :)
this style of climbing, the average climber is generally trying to not fall at all. but at the higher levels of trad climbing, you're more skilled, and you may be comfortable trying harder stuff and falling more frequently. it depends a lot but trad climbers do fall and its pretty normal and safe most of the time