We haven't had any carnage here on Broken, Beat & Scarred lately, and I think Meagan was really starting to miss it. Fortunately she decided to take matters in her own hands and create some.
While we were walking into Munchkin Land on Saturday Meagan stepped on a rock that decided to move. She ended up headed face first for the ground. I tried to grab her pack, but she was already on her way down slope. Ryan was in front of her, and was able to grab a strap on her pack before she made a second somersault. Fortunately she was only scraped and bruised. No major injuries. I am guessing she has bruises that she didn't know she was going to get. She toughed it out, and we climbed the rest of the day.
Ryan and I both led 3 really fun 5.10's, but I had to hang on one. Ryan of course got all three clean. At the end of the day I finally got to try out my top rope soloing set up. It worked really well. No hitches at all. Well, except one. There was no real adventure in it. I felt that with three backups it was less fun than top roping. I guess it's time to look into lead rope soloing. Another problem as pointed out by several of my climbing partners is that I have more climbing partners than I have the time to climb. I guess it's just another skill I want to learn.
On the way down the mountain we saw several rescue vehicles, and a helicopter at Windy Point. Someone had fallen fifty feet while rappelling. We looked over the parking area, and were relieved to see no cars we recognized. I think I will start backing up my rappels.
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I'd be interested to hear the details of the solo setup you're using.
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