Just a quick question.

Say I'm onsighting. I reach the top anchors and they're as sketchy as hell, to the point that you're not willing to lower off of them. What do I do?

Thanks guys

Downclimb or top-out.

....And my draws? Let's say there are no natural anchors. Not even a reasonable sized bossie or boulder.

What Hann said, if you can't downclimb or top-out, do a calculated lead fall maybe? Put bail-a-bina in good bolt, clean, ab down cleaning ur draws, log onto climb.co.za, post proof of payment of donation to ARF, then proceed to bitch about it for two weeks on end standard procedure.

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thread the anchors & leave a bail biner on the last bolt

Try get used to carrying a large screw gate with esp in and around cape town some anchers at silvermine are more dodge than thailand! Then wack a screw gate on the last bolt and clean as usually that way if they do fail the last bolt will hold if not then maybe its just your time! Besides a screw gate of like 100 bucks is cheaper than say i dont know wheelchairs and stuff.

What you mean by "risky"?

Are the alternatives more risky?

I always carry a large maillon or two on the back of my harness, and I don't hesitate to use one if a loweroff or abseil setup looks sketch.