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AIR2SPARE climb MT BOYCE- take 2 ropes!! 28-Apr-2006 At 9:24:30 AM Fool in the Rain

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If anyone's considering doing either Air2Spare or Baby Carrots I suggest you rap in on single, fixed ropes for both climbs. The Air2Spare rap route is not very obvious as you have to rap down diagonally right and hopefully find a hook to guide you down to the belay point.If you use a fixed rope you can also use that as a backup anchor, rather than trusting yourself and your partner to only two U bolts. I'm sure they're solid but another anchor point is comforting.
Also I suggest the second/belay abseils in first already tied in to the end of the lead rope. This should make things easier when you get to the belay point, and you can belay the first person as they rap down. I've witnessed one person miss the belay point on the way down (in daylight as well)
I've also witnesssed another party getting their (doubled) rap ropes stuck when accessing Baby Carrots.. Ideally go with another pair and climb both routes. That means you can leave the rap rope for the other party, you can take photos and have a bit of a chat at the same time.