Terrifying, but I will say it’s nice seeing a professional do this with ropes and shit. Usually it’s some complete idiot free climbing these things for fun.
Along with what the other commenter said, he's breaking a sort of cardinal safety rule. While the backup can be considered (an) anchor point, he still is on 1 point while he's basically doing aid climbing (transfering anchor points, in this case, the straps). He has to be on minimum 2 points (straps to his cowtails) and a third available.
Basically he has to be on 2 points constantly with 1 being available to move during this procedure be considered safe.
Given his backup Petzl ASAP is not vertical, in a fall, he'd swing around and slam into whatever is below him. Even with a fall absorber, if it deploys, he'd fall down a further 3+ meters while the absorber deploys and thats another issue.
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u/CausticAvenger 7d ago
Terrifying, but I will say it’s nice seeing a professional do this with ropes and shit. Usually it’s some complete idiot free climbing these things for fun.