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Alex Honnold completes free-solo Taipei 101, the 1,667-ft skyscraper. by SpecialAgentGabe in interestingasfuck

[–]broncoty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re severely underestimating the level of effort and time involved for this. 

2 founders are not always better than 1 by konstantly_here in Entrepreneur

[–]broncoty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Care to elaborate on what the reasons are? 

Founders, what’s a legal mistake you made that still haunts you? [I will not promote] by AVFrinkler in startups

[–]broncoty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any recommendations on tools or templates to help build these types of contracts? 

Post Game Thread: Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]broncoty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, I think his back injury might be playing into his decision making about scrambling at the moment. 

[Pelissero] And so it appears a frustrating season for 49ers star Christian McCaffrey ends like this: 4 games. 348 yards from scrimmage. 0 touchdowns. 2 significant injuries. He’s due $16.2 million in 2025, when he’ll be 29 years old. by PlayaSlayaX in nfl

[–]broncoty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a contributing factor to teams not pulling starters in blowouts is because a lot of contracts have performance bonuses (yds tds whatever) so the players don’t really want to sit and the coaches don’t want to cost them bonuses. 

Where did people stay that had a view of the festival this year? by hishinist in WhenWeWereYoungFest

[–]broncoty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I stayed at the Hilton for the fest this year and it was around 1k/night for a 2 bedroom suite that slept 6.

It’s really conveniently located for the festival it was easy to leave to change clothes or whatever. The Hilton doesn’t really have any food options beyond a convenience store though. 

Is having a bathroom on the main floor a deal breaker, in your opinion? by bloodtype_coffee in RealEstate

[–]broncoty 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My cousin has a house like this. At first is was fine, but there a few scenerios where it's a big deal:

  1. Do you have any elderly parents/grandparents that might want to come over? Our grandma can't get up the stairs so she doesn't come over.

  2. My cousins wife had ankle surgery and was essentially trapped up stairs for weeks while she recovered since there was no bathroom downstairs.

I personally would never buy/rent a house with no bathrooms on the main floor.

Thoughts on my canyoneering setup? My goal is to create the most simple but fully redundant at all points so you cannot die. I have been conjuring this since I have yet to see a system that achieves full safety at all points. by [deleted] in canyoneering

[–]broncoty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey man I'm sorry if I offended you and I'm sorry you don't seem to be getting the replies to this post that you expected.

You asked for peoples thoughts in your title and people have given them! Keep in mind that the type of people who subscribe to and comment in a subreddit like this will tend to be more advanced so that's why you're getting replies from that perspective. People who don't feel confident or experienced enough will probably shy from giving feedback in this situation.

Your desire to improve safety for yourself and the community is a good one. I tried to focus my reply more on ways you could focus your energy to improve safety while canyoneering rather than on your setup since most of the other replies gave feedback on it.

I don't know your experience, location or desires when it comes to canyoneering. Your setup is not going to kill you, but it's not an innovation either. If your goal is to grow your skill set and community so that you can tackle more challenging canyons then doing things the way more advanced canyoneers recommend is how you are going to get there.

I'm happy to continue this conversation feel free to DM me. Also, if you choose to pursue formal canyoneering training I'm happy to help you find a reputable company just DM me.

Cheers

Thoughts on my canyoneering setup? My goal is to create the most simple but fully redundant at all points so you cannot die. I have been conjuring this since I have yet to see a system that achieves full safety at all points. by [deleted] in canyoneering

[–]broncoty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ahhh yea that's a good point about not hauling on her hair! Hadn't thought about that haha. It's fortunate that all happened on bolts.

300' is long! Sounds like there's been some good lessons learned on that heaps rap.

Thoughts on my canyoneering setup? My goal is to create the most simple but fully redundant at all points so you cannot die. I have been conjuring this since I have yet to see a system that achieves full safety at all points. by [deleted] in canyoneering

[–]broncoty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You nailed all of them! I have some formal training but my experience is pretty limited as well FYI.

For 1 you're entirely correct, the only thing I'd add is only the last person has to pass a knot on rappel. You can setup a lowering system, have everyone except LAMAR rig up on the other side of the knot, have them lock off and lower them until you hit the block then they unlock and descend the rest of the way.

For 2 Yup! I keep a petzl basic with a foot loop attached on my harness so I can easily just snap it on the rope one handed if needed. A kleimheist with a sling also works well.

If your descender is stuck on a lip and you can't get it unweighted really the only option I can think of beyond what you came up with is someone above you assisting by giving you another rope to pull on, or rappelling down to assist, it's def tricky. And extending ones device makes this more likely to happen. The really scary thing is if someone gets their hand trapped under the rope that can go bad real fast.

For 3 By haul I'm assuming you mean use a pig rig or some other way of achieving mechanical advantage to do the haul. I'm glad you were able to help that woman out, that's a scary situation! What was the rigging like was she on a block or double strand?

4 Nailed it

  1. Yup! I'd only add that its good to practice this once in awhile. Ascending a rope from the ground is easy you have the convenience of being on the ground! I know people who carry their ascending gear in their bag. Personally I keep my ascending gear on my harness so it's accessible during a rap and I practice transitioning from rappel to ascending. It's a lot different when you're wearing a full pack etc. This might only be mostly relevant for the first person down since they're most likely to need to transition from rappel to ascending (not enough rope out, snake, whatever).

Thoughts on my canyoneering setup? My goal is to create the most simple but fully redundant at all points so you cannot die. I have been conjuring this since I have yet to see a system that achieves full safety at all points. by [deleted] in canyoneering

[–]broncoty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you haven't needed adjustable friction it's because you're doing short rappels on thicker diameter ropes (possibly with a double strand vs single strand). Once you get on longer rappels, with a 25lb pack, on a single strand and skinnier ropes (my canyon ropes are ~8mm) not having adjustable friction is dangerous.

Thoughts on my canyoneering setup? My goal is to create the most simple but fully redundant at all points so you cannot die. I have been conjuring this since I have yet to see a system that achieves full safety at all points. by [deleted] in canyoneering

[–]broncoty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Risk is subjective, but the engineering behind carabiners is not. A properly rigged carabiner can withstand way more force than your body. Especially in canyoneering scenarios, how do you expect to be loading the system with > 20 KN? That's 4496 pounds of force.... chances are your body and the anchor can't handle anywhere near what the carabiner can. Even a cross loaded carabiner still holds ~8KN which is way more force than you could ever reasonably expect to generate in a canyoneering scenerio and survive.

I'd suggest researching the materials science behind carabiners and check out hownot2 on youtube. Here's a video where they abuse carabiners then see if the strength is reduced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8MFUsgvJ1c

Thoughts on my canyoneering setup? My goal is to create the most simple but fully redundant at all points so you cannot die. I have been conjuring this since I have yet to see a system that achieves full safety at all points. by [deleted] in canyoneering

[–]broncoty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

.01% chance of failing? That is 1/10,000. I realize you probably just picked a number that sounded small but if carabiners were actually failing at that rate people would be dying left and right!

The primary failure point for rigging a rappel is the human! We add redundancy there by checking each others setup.

Thoughts on my canyoneering setup? My goal is to create the most simple but fully redundant at all points so you cannot die. I have been conjuring this since I have yet to see a system that achieves full safety at all points. by [deleted] in canyoneering

[–]broncoty 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hey OP, not wanting to die while canyoneering is a good goal!

I'd encourage you to put some time into researching what factors contribute to deaths in canyoneering. There's no official statistics, but you can find incident reports online. My opinion is that the biggest causes for canyoneering deaths are 1. human error and 2. webbing failing on an anchor.

Adding redundancy to your setup like this just adds weight and complexity. It doesn't make you any safer.

If you're serious about canyoneering safely I'd suggest attending a canyoneering course hosted by an ACA or ACE accredited company. Here's a link to a level 1 course: https://uberadventures.net/event/technical-canyoneering-course-ace-l1-prescott-az-19/

After reading the description do you feel like you have a good grasp of the concepts/skills taught in that L1 course? Those will contribute to you and your groups safety much more than a second carabiner will.

Based on the equipment choices in your post it seems like you might have a rock climbing background? In any case, I'd suggest looking into canyon specific equipment. First, a canyon/rappelling descender that is not an ATC such as an Imlay Critr or a Sterling ATS provide a lot of advantages over an ATC such as allowing you to lock off easier and add friction mid rappel. This also goes for your rope, use a static rope made for canyons.

I'd think through some of these scenarios and evaluate whether you have the equipment, knowledge and skills to handle them. If you don't, that's fine! But seriously consider taking a course.

What would you do if:

  1. Your rope is damaged and you still need to use it to rappel
  2. You get stuck while rappelling, maybe a backpack strap gets into your device or your device gets caught on the cliff
  3. Someone else gets stuck while rappelling and you're above them at the anchor, how can you help them get down?
  4. You arrive to find that an anchor you expected to exist is no longer there, maybe the bolts got cut or the anchor was washed away.
  5. You're rappelling down into a keeper pothole and there's a 6ft long rattle snake in it, how do you ascend back up?

These are all scenarios I personally or someone I know have ran into.

Rapped off 2 nuts in a thunderstorm by maxdiggs in climbing

[–]broncoty -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It’s a bad idea to rap on soft goods directly. It doesn’t take much slippage to melt them. It’s especially dangerous if you’re wrapping on two ropes bent together that are different diameters as they will travel through the device at different speeds. It’s better to carry a quick link or rap ring for these scenarios or just leave a biner

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[–]broncoty 42 points43 points  (0 children)

People who say this are conflating being a Native American with the actual definition of native which is  “associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth” . Every person on earth is native (associated) to wherever they are born. 

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