Practice and ethics - 2. topping-out/anchor

In rock climbing, there are no written rules or judges like in all other sports. Instead, the climbing community creates and circulates the procedures and ethics. Over time, the procedures have been modified and in different subcultures different ethics apply. We thought it could be a good idea to discuss and define good style as of today and also give some amusing examples of violations that is used, in order to receive sponsors, glory and points. There’s no definite line between right and wrong but the fundamental idea says, don't push the border of moral systematically, instead, keep the spirit alive. 2. Topping-out/Clipping anchor Climb the rock not to the anchor. Keep the spirit alive! Anchors are often placed low, compared to the natural top of the rock, due to ropedrag reasons. Sometimes you will find a bolt above the anchor as a guide. Sometimes the anchor is placed to high with the intention that you should jump for it. This is really stupid. Climb the rock and downgrade the route. We do think it's good to have several anchors on a route that gets harder the higher you climb.