rhunt wrote:blowing clips esp anchor clips are always exciting falls. I blew the anchor clip on chainsaw and stopped level with my belayer(who, if i recall, was *not* standing on the boulder at the base).
That happened to me and the odd thing was, I didn't have any slack out.
That is odd.
I had lots of slack out when I was trying to clip. I remember feeling myself cut loose and then trying to throw the rope at the anchors hoping it would magically clips itself. It's a crazy feeling when you are falling and the rope is flapping in your face!
Falling with no pro in the rock, and having your belayer catch you before you hit the ground....now that's a good one.
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear, such people become crazy-they become legends." ---Legends of the Fall
we were climbing up at roadside and my dad somehow got his leg behind the rope while falling low on AWOL. he ended up swinging in upside down with his head just beneath that first roof. good thing my buddy brice had rope out. i was down the wall but i heard people were freaking out. my dad got back on the route.
