Thinker

Paul, I don't quite follow your logic on that one. How could the middle climber end up upside down as you described?

I love my Bibler Eldorado. I'm 6-2 and have plenty of room. With a little digging around you can usually find a used one somewhere. Make sure you get the one with the vents in the apex of the tent, not the tube vents pictured above, they make a world of difference. Keep an eye out on the Bibler/Black Diamond website for closeouts, whatever choice you make. fyi, the Bibler recently stood up to winds that snapped a pole in a Stevenson and inverted a SD. The NF next to me survived, though, damnit.......

A question for the forum: Can a chest harness cause spinal injury? The chest harness I use for glacier travel is 1" tubular webbing tied with a water knot, crossed across my back, biner at the sternum. My rope is tied or clipped to my tie-in points on my seat harness, and runs up thru the biner on the chest harness (look at Freedom of the Hills for a picture if you're not familiar with the set-up.) A friend pointed out today that this configuration could snap a climber's spine during a sideways or backward fall. Picture the rope pulling the chest harness biner down toward the tie in point on the seat harness as it comes tight and straighens out. I suspect the spine may be damaged or break if the fall were bad enough. Does this set-up give anyone else the willys??

Squamish http://www.cragx.com/articles/issue14/squamish/uni_wall.htm

Keep that kind of talk up and folks will think you're a sport climber. It actually sounds like good training.....

Anybody have any more info on the fatality at City of Rocks on 5/27. Seattle climber Kim Espino suffered severe head injuries in a leader fall and died a short time later. Does anybody know which route she was on or if she was wearing a helmet?