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A solid natural feature, attached to the main
rock structure. This sturdy anchor is rigged with
two separate slings of 1-inch webbing tied with
water knots and outfitted with two rappel rings.
An easy rig, but you wouldn’t catch me Bomber.
rappelling off this dud. You don’t have to be a
geologist to figure out that this flake is ready
to exfoliate. Almost every case of catastrophic
failure of a natural anchor was due to poor rock
structure.
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