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Accident on Loboff 5/3/2011 8-Mar-2011 At 11:35:29 AM Pat B

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The other point I thought of on the day re gear was did he not place gear because he couldn't hang around and/or find it and if so did he consider what implications that might have had for his second?
On this route not placing gear on the traverse would be an advantage for the second as the rope could be brought back around the top, over the overhang meaning the second could have the rope above them all the way across the traverse, but Larry discovered the implications of this for the leader!
If he had made it across and not pulled the rope around the top or placed a bit of gear at the end of the traverse his second may have been the one to suffer the consequences of a massive pendulum. I wonder had Larry even considered his second, or had the testosterone taken over?