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Carabiner loading 4-Mar-2015 At 10:32:26 AM shiltz

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When the cloud he is standing on evaporates he will look down quickly then look back towards the camera with a startled Coyote like expression, shortly after that he will presumably drop a little and swing into the cliff putting all the load on his top piece. Assuming the top piece holds then he'll be happy to see that the load is now nicely aligned along the big HMS. This will give him the confidence to equalize the load on the second piece and add three more pieces for luck before finally yelling "Safe".
Then he can lower a bight of rope to haul up the belay device he forgot (hence his slightly bemused expression in this opening shot), and eventually he'll be able to get his second on belay. At this point we can all critique his choice of belay device and belaying technique... and debate whether he should be wearing a helmet.