Posted by Peter H on February 13, 2005 at 12:28:23 from 81.158.213.21 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: Nancy Blackett - Kanchenjunga posted by Jon on February 12, 2005 at 22:54:31:
Did not Nancy realise that their procedure had not been safe?
We really ought to have waited at the top, taking in rope hand over hand so that he couldn't slip. But you can't allow for everything.
Remember these were sailors, not rock climbers! And in any case, would not belaying have required pegs to have been driven in? (The illustration shows a flat-topped rock at the top.) This would have been a bit over-serious for the children surely?