Found this quote in the Piana guide book to climbing in the Needles of South Dakota. This is a report from the first ascent of Super Pin - one of the climbs we did last Saturday.
"My belayer Ron was too nervous to belay after I had gone beyond both the point of no return and my protection against falling to the ground. We certainly felt it would be better for him to be in the best position should I succeed rather than in the best position to witness my failure... The holds were small & occasionally loose & Ron was observing from the safety of the highway."
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I hope to never ever have any of my friends, family or myself be involved in a scenerio such as this.
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