The Separate Reality of the Gunks, The Dangler 

Thanks Man. Ice is fun. Have done it a couple times but nothing to serious.

@@FirstPersonBeta Ha, We can introduce you to the screeming barfies!

Get tradical at ragged!

I climbed "Kansas City" (didn't send) about 2 months after I posted this video and it occurred to me then that it may be a better fit for "Separate Reality of the Gunks". That said, IMO, "The Dangler" is much more well known and popular then "Kansas City" and especially considering the photo op "The Dangler" presents (much like "Separate Reality" itself), I think the analogy in the title still holds true.

But will catch the guy following!

I think a lot of people don't realize what daisy are really for....keeping from dropping things while aid climbing. each pocket is far far weaker than everything else in the system (which are usually 20-25kn). I must admit I've used them for hooking into belay, but I've ditched them now for simplicity and so that partners don't use them. Your big danger using that is leading onto next pitch and having someone fall before putting in piece (probably not the case here). the end of chain should be full strength, but do you really want to test a series of shock loads onto anchor. nothing beats using good piece of 10mm nylon (aka the lead rope) or something like quad anchor or kong slyde or petzl's version. cordlette works too, but I found too time consuming stowing it away every time.

@@allanchong4772 The real problem is that he's only tied into the anchor with a single piece of static webbing, which can break well below MBS if shockloaded without dynamic rope in the system. Break a daisy loop, shock load the chain, and there'll be no one tied to the anchor anymore to belay the second up. Clove hitch is faster and much safer, so I don't get why somebody would insist on using the wrong piece of gear for the job.

​@@FirstPersonBeta Your second will still need a belayer at the top.

@@peterpwn9558 don't get me started on dyneema....you're losing a lot with age and a lot with knots/bends and you're maxing force with static shock. there haven't been a lot of accidents, but i'm convinced that belay loads are generally light as long as there is one piece in. even so, I started using real nylon dynamic cord for all anchor things a few years ago. use the rope when possible. but almost every climbing video on youtube, I see generally sketchy stuff. 6 pitches up the freeblast, watched (IRL) a guy clip a single dogleg quickdraw to 1 of the anchor bolts and his belay loop and put his partner on belay. Andy Kirkpatrick's multipitch climbing site has an enormous amount of really good belay options. I agree with almost everything he says after 40yrs in the game. I got away with a lot of crap, and came to his same conclusions over the decades.