We were climbing on Central Buttress today. At the bottom of Peregrine there was an old knotted sling (in the old days there weren't any sewn slings) covered in moss hanging in a tree ...

When Stu had a closer look he realised it had to be one of his (the ends were sewn down to stop the knot from coming undone) and must have been left behind as a rap anchor when he followed Adrian up the first ascent of Pugnacious, back in 1990. So, here's two old relics, reunited once again ...

 

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