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Had the day off today, couldn't afford it but went on a little shopping trip. It may be the Halfords of the outdoor world but GoOutdoors is pretty damn cheap for some things!
Picked up Craig Luebben's Mastering Basic Skills; has an excelllent section on anchor building. It's all starting to make sense now - make it redundant, keep it away from pointy things and keep it over the edge if possible. Then pad where it goes over the edge.
Luckily I can acquire shortish lengths of static and semi-static rope from work which will help with keeping the rope over the cliff so I don't wear it out too quickly with it running all the way back to the tree/boulder/fattie etc.
Also picked up 2 of each of 120cm and 240cm 16mm slings and a pair of 15cm quickdraws(remember one route I climbed simply being anchored with 2 parallel bolts next to eachother with opposing quickdraws) so almost have the basis of an anchor kit. Hopefully this should be enough to get me started on sandstone(not looking to climb outside without someone who knows better than me any time soon so hopefully they can fill in any gaps in my kit) before I start having to invest in trad protection in the near future.
Didn't buy a nut key today as I like the look of the DMM one which has cutouts for tightening bolts which was out of stock where I went but will be sure to pick one up.
Are you in London Rive? If so and you ever fancy a trip to Harrisons etc I'd love to know.