Whillans harnesses and climbing pigs

[DRB]

I was rooting through a box of climbing stuff out in the garage and came across three Whillans harnesses which got me thinking about a guy who posted here last year who was going to Yosemite with a pig and wanted some info(sorry beta) on attaching the pig to his climbing rope. Now the beauty of the Whillans harness is it has no leg loops to deal with. You can imagine this poor bastard trying to get the porkers legs through and Arc'Teryx or BD with the pig staring up at a couple thousand feet of vertical,hard as rock, glacially polished granite with the possibility of the little guy losing control of his kidneys or worse,his bowels.

I did the southwest route on Bacon Pk. with a pig from Chilliwack, maybe the ubiquitous Dru knows him, his name is Walter. We also did an aid route on Tubesteak Tower which is near Porterhouse Pk.just across the glacier from Ashlu.

The Whillans was put to the test when Walter tried on impossible hoof jam and took a thirty foot whipper.

I'm not going to get into how to tie into this harness after that diatribe awhile ago abut euro death knots and figure eights that mysteriously roll over on each other until one rope becomes two, sound like something you would see on stage in Vegas.I'll leave it to the experts.

Hope the mention of Ashlu doesn't get Climzalot wound up by bringing back memories of his bum trip up there(he was firing of more expletives in his post than an Ice Cube tune)what with everybody telling him he should have gone up the right side of the creek instead of the left, nothing worse than a bunch of good advice after a bad day(Walter and I went up the right side).

Well to make a long story short,three Whillans harnesses are in my opinion one too many so if this person is going back to Yosemite with the pig this summer I will entertain all reasonable offers in Canadian funds which amount to giving the damn thing away. Thanks for your time.

[payaso]

whoa nelly!