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Post by dougsanders on Jan 9, 2015 16:52:30 GMT -8
I find most climbers place pickets vertically (plumb) without ANY attempt to measure the angle, certainly nothing objective.
One methodology is to hold the picket at 90 degrees (perpendicular) to the slope, lean it back half-way (45) then retreat half of that arc yielding about 22 degrees to perpendicular. Then make final adjustments from there. This is simple, quick and more objective than guesstimating.
Fig. 16-32 illustrates a picket at 45 degrees back from vertical. 45 degrees is the extreme end of the range of placements. There are no illustrations of other angles. If one does not refer to the text, for example looking for a quick refresher reference, one might come away with the impression 45 is the preferred angle. Clarity of the range would be improved by replacing "45" with "10-45." Alternatively, replace with "25+/-" or a more common value.
This thread is for pickets placed as pro such as used in a running belay.
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Post by nicklyle on Jan 25, 2015 0:55:09 GMT -8
I'd like to see discussion of the option of placing a center-clipped picket vertically as well as horizontally.
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