Backup

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Backup

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Backup before a Y-hang. Enterprise Aven, Pwll Dwfn.

An anchor or natural that the rope is attached to before the top of a pitch, so that if both Y-hang anchors fail, there is still another connection. Often forms part of a traverse.


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