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Beginner question about top roping. 20-Jul-2010 At 4:55:00 PM peterc

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Hi all,

Niall Doherty and I bolted Mañana.

Because of factors like rock quality, suitable bolt positions, and the desire to make the climb user-friendly to grade 13 climbers, we decided to use a stainless quick-clip on one of the anchor points.

That way any leaders who were starting to get a little excited about the possibility of taking a plunge from the top could quickly clip their rope into an anchor. I know it's only a grade 13 climb, and we could have just left two rings at the top and saved some money, but we must have been feeling generous.

We put the other anchor point (from memory it's a ring bolt), next to the quick-clip. We put a locking carabiner on that bolt, but that was pinched by someone not long after we established the route.

But even without the locking carabiner, the route still has two anchor points at the top. And one of them has a stainless quick-clip biner to help nervous leaders.