And this is what we call a clusterfuck...

http://mandarax.net/photo/minty_rap.jpg

(Sorry for the big file size. I don't currently have software to shrink it.)

This was the scene at the GT Ledge Minty Rap Station on a gorgeous Saturday in August last summer. I was taking a non-climbing cousin of mine up Beginner's Delight.

You guys part of some cult?

Or just got a really good deal on red helmets?

Pass the Kool Aid....

Looks like a guided party and there is some instructin going on in the background. relatively well organized belay.

Photo caption:"Ok, take your Joe Simpson autograph belay knife, and cut these slings right here..."

The real questions is: what's with the sweater vest in august?

Umm... Yeah, the 3 people on the right are a guide (closest to cliff edge) and his two clients. That's pretty funny, I didn't notice that the helmet was on backwards till just now. That musta been uncomfortable.

The guy on the left is me... And I assume perhaps the one Pitfall thinks is wearing a sweatervest... No comment on that.

There's 3 more people at the belay that you can't see in this pic. There's a party of 2 off to the left who climbed Minty and were on their way down. And there's my cousin who is attached to the purple cordalette.

As noted a long time ago in a different thread, a party of 2 climbed BD right behind us and beat us back to our packs by walking off to the UberFall. Go figure.

take that poo-bah!

you can also see the rear adjustment strap sticking out in the back. He's wearing it correctly.