Mountaineering question

Hi
I’m interested to know if during the process of anchoring carabiners and passing ropes through them,

  1. whether or not climbers have names for the patterns formed by the ropes?
  2. the combination of anchors and where they are placed in juxtaposition with one another?

I look forward to your feedback

Yes, to both. Now don’t ask me for specifics (and even less for specifics in English), but it’s part of the professional slang. Many of the knots were used in sailing before being used to climb mountains dressed in colorful clothing, their names remain the same when the context changes. Hopefully we’ll get answers from someone whose mountaineering days weren’t in Spanish and “without those sissy ropes” :smiley:

There are many ways to lay out ropes on a rock climb, this question appears to be more related to rock or ice climbing technique than it is to pure mountaineering.

First you need to understand that there are multiple gear options for rope; you can use a single rope, twin ropes, or double ropes. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and each results in a different pattern of ropes and protection on the rock or ice face.

http://www.chockstone.org/TechTips/TwoRopes.htm
https://petzlsolutions.com/technicalsolutions/half-rope-vs-twin-rope

I don’t think specific patterns of the ropes on the rock face have individual names, although I’m sure there are specific techniques that may have names.

Thank you both. I remember reading an article on lead Sherpa guides attaching anchors in different configurations. I couldn’t relocate the article. But the gist of it was that the Sherpa were performing some very risky operations and underpaid for it. I forget the name of the anchor configuration.