Seen alot of people miss the anchor clip on Wadcutter, usually with falls into the cheese gratering goodness. Typically painful results. Not sure this qualifies as exciting, but perhaps noteworthy.
Missing the clips (for no good reason) on Wild, Yet Tasty is quite a... ummm... thrill. Clean fall, but long and windy.
"Exciting" falls?
Snowpuppy wrote:Falling with no pro in the rock, and having your belayer catch you before you hit the ground....now that's a good one.
I tried that with my climber at 20ish feet. I now have a broken right hand to show for it.
Let em crater.
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Batguano: Did Alan miss that clip?
Me: Huh?.....Yeah, he did!
Batguano: Hey, Alan.....
Me: Shhhh! Don't tell him!
Alan: What?
Batguano/Me: Nevermind!
Alan: Clipping! I'm in.
Me: Hey, Alan. Look down at your last bolt!
Alan: What? ........Oh, *&(<%$$##)*@@!!!!!!
Me: Huh?.....Yeah, he did!
Batguano: Hey, Alan.....
Me: Shhhh! Don't tell him!
Alan: What?
Batguano/Me: Nevermind!
Alan: Clipping! I'm in.
Me: Hey, Alan. Look down at your last bolt!
Alan: What? ........Oh, *&(<%$$##)*@@!!!!!!
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Not as high has Nyers, but the water fall just before provides a scary jump trying to clear the lower ledge. If you jump just before it starts sloping you will fall along the slope not able to see the water till you clear the ledge. Made for an @#$@# scary jump last night.
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how bought what a belayer looks like when someone falls going to the anchors on the 8 right beside wad?? my leg caught the boulder at the base....kek-san wrote:Seen alot of people miss the anchor clip on Wadcutter...
not if you have a good belayerdefender wrote:Blow the fourth clip after the crux on Ro Shampoo and you'll be looking your belayer in the eyes.
he still has the burrito...neuroshock wrote:besides the guy i saw fall because he was holding onto the burrito when it broke off?
so I'm putting a poll up about the first comment....I have a climbing partner that will beat you silly if you don't give her a hard catch instead of a long soft....One-Fall wrote:I would rather take a huge soft fall than a hard five footer.
Best whips I've seen involve aircanada going to the chains on any route before he is back in shape. The guy is fearless and should probably replace his rope monthly.
I always enjoyed catching aircanada....that's definately a high ride for a belayer...
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you have to stand off to the left and run up the rock as you give the catch. had to pull that stunt this last weekend.. if you were standing directly below that first clip i bet you have quite a few bruises to show for it.longlegsrule wrote:how bought what a belayer looks like when someone falls going to the anchors on the 8 right beside wad?? my leg caught the boulder at the base....kek-san wrote:Seen alot of people miss the anchor clip on Wadcutter...
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What's up with all these "scary" sport climbing falls?
There's nothing like zippering TCUs, wondering which one will catch you- the #2 or the #1 below it after pulling the #4 and #3 respectively.
Also, I did not experience this personally but I can attest to the horror the climber went through because I've never seen that look on anyone's face before, but I once witnessed (can I get an AMEN?) a gumby leader whip 20 feet on Green Eggs FACING OUT!
He and I were eye to eye. I was the belayer. I only had to pay out about an arm's length of slack to let him down.
In my defense I was insisting he put in a piece before he made the move he blew. He didn't and I barely managed to keep him off the deck knowing it was coming. Definitely pilot error and not ground control on this one.
There's nothing like zippering TCUs, wondering which one will catch you- the #2 or the #1 below it after pulling the #4 and #3 respectively.
Also, I did not experience this personally but I can attest to the horror the climber went through because I've never seen that look on anyone's face before, but I once witnessed (can I get an AMEN?) a gumby leader whip 20 feet on Green Eggs FACING OUT!
He and I were eye to eye. I was the belayer. I only had to pay out about an arm's length of slack to let him down.
In my defense I was insisting he put in a piece before he made the move he blew. He didn't and I barely managed to keep him off the deck knowing it was coming. Definitely pilot error and not ground control on this one.
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Was your belayer asleep? Eating his/her lunch? High on drugs? Entertaining his/her friends or young child? Pulling a wedgie out of his/her butt? Um...what else could explain this? Epilepsy? Narcolepsy? Frontal lobe damage? Hmmmm.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).
I haven't had too many scary falls at the Red, but once I was leading Bandolier and my belayer got an attack of diarrhea from eating at Krystal. He said, "Are you in a good spot?" I had to clip myself to the bolt on the crux and he took me off belay and went racing down the trail to the outhouse. I was hanging there on one bolt until a friendly stranger came by and was nice enough to put me on belay.
Hauling a big ego up a route adds at least a full grade.