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pigsteak
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damn, you guys and gals have sucky belayers....
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p0bray01 wrote:I have yet to blow any pieces while climbing trad...and am thankful for that.
I was very glad to have a good belayer who was able to yard in two arm lengths of rope before I got to the bottom of teh fall. Honestly thought it wasn't bad cus I knew when I placed it that it was unlikely to hold so when I came off, I was mentally prepared to fall a long way
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pigsteak wrote:damn, you guys and gals have sucky belayers....
i didn't really have a sucky belayer. in his defense, i got on a route over my head in order to push myself to the point where i would fall. so we both knew starting out that i would be coming off at some point - it was just a matter of when. but i do kinda suspect he threw out a bit of extra slack to make the ride more exciting!
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Post by Andrew »

Aren't all routes over ones head.
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Post by flashmaster »

ooh ooh the fall on Super Slab trying to clip the crux bolt. Thats some scary shit right there no matter who you are, 20' pendulum. Took that like 5 or 6 times in a row one day. Have yet to get back on it!
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A took a 35 footer in the gym. The anchor clipping hold spun as I was clipping and my numb-nuts partner had his pinkie on the GriGri cam. I bounced off the wall at a buldge then panicked and grapped the other end of the rope that was going up. Luckily my hand came loose then it hit the next quickdraw. I stopped 2 feet short of the ground when he finally let up on the cam but my burnt hand looked like microwaved chicken. If I had fallen 10 feet lower I would have decked really hard. He's not my belay partner anymore.
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Andrew wrote:Aren't all routes over ones head.
Not yours. :lol:

Maizy Mae comes to mind.
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Post by pawilkes »

i decked at the gym once, so i guess that was 30 feet...it was a "soft" deck though, felt like i was hopping off a boulder problem
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krampus wrote: Actually, I had my first piece of gear blow last sunday, that made for an interesting fall.
is that what that craziness was out at fortress this weekend??? i so missed it, but we all heard ya! lol. Looked like you banged your shouldet pretty bad too, is it okay?
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Post by krampus »

Oh yeah, I was fine, nothing but a few scrapes on the back of my hand. One day I will figure out this trad stuff. I hope I wasn't too loud.
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