DSC08847 Photo courtesy Bill Bushnell

Mammoth Trip, 2022

September 29

TJ Swan Crags Rock Climb
Anchor Building and Lead Class



Back at the condo I was sorting our gear and couldn't find our Grigri. It was clear it had to be at the base of the cliff. Expensive enough to warrant a trip back to retrieve it, Bill and I hiked back up and found it just where I suspected.


Bill had wanted me to use it belaying him, but we found the rope too thick for it to be used easily, and I tossed it into our pile of accessory cord and slings on the ground. I had forgotten that it was there, and when Bill picked up the pile of webbing he was not expecting a Grigri, which blended in nicely with the dust and rocks. Nobody noticed it as we all stepped right over it.


Grigri, we came back for you! -F.