Cross-posted: #6 on Backbone Ridge

[Alisse]

Joe and I climbed Dragontail via Backbone Ridge on Thursday, June 30th. On its maiden crack voyage, his #6 got stuck about halfway up the route. If you return it, you will be GENEROUSLY COMPENSATED and REWARDED!

 

I know it's a (very) long shot, but if you have it, please let me know. Thank you very very very much in advance.

[telemarker]

Oh no! Sucks! I've often wondered if such a huge cam could get irretrievably stuck.

 

Hope you get it back!

[keenwesh]

For future reference, when a big can gets stuck it can be easily retrieved by hammering it out with a rock. Whack it a few times downwards until it either pops out or is in a wider spot. If you're the one who got it stuck chances are it's not in there that tight and there won't be any mangling.

 

I pulled a #4 that was deeply welded out of the Bastille crack (if you place a #4 on the Bastille it will get stuck) and bent the lobes pretty bad, but I was using a wall hammer and had to hit it 15 or 20 times. Goodluck!

[Alisse]

Thanks, both of you! And it was very ironic to see you at the beginning and end of our trip, telemarker!

 

keenwesh, thanks! I definitely suspect that wailing on it would have done the trick; however, I wasn't in a position to get my hands on anything big/solid enough to hit it with... some time/light constraints prompted us to continue upward. Good to know, anyway!