With 20-20 hindsight and from a comfortable distance, he broke rule #1: never trust a single piece of gear. Sometimes you've got no choice, but I know even on bolts I'm leery when a failure means decking.
And having had a cam pull when I was hanging on it, as well as the piece below popping, it's damn freaky. At least I knew the piece was dodgy, and dodgy gear is better than no gear... usually. |