climbing accident

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peteypablo
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climbing accident

Post by peteypablo »

just posting this so it wont happen to any other stupid climbers like my friend and i last fall.

my friend and i were climbing amarillo sunset last fall at the end of the day and it was my last climb befor i headed home, my friend was cleaning the route as i was lowering him down, he was unable to swing over and clean the last draw off the route. I lowered him down to the bottom of the gully and we decided that he would belay me and i would climb the other end of the rope and grab the last draw. we tried to pull his end down but the rope drag was so bad that we couldnt pull anymore down. so i attached my grigri to his rope and tied in to my end and started climbing while he belayed in the gulley. when i attached my grigri into his rope he was still tied into the rope, when i was climbing up to the first draw he untied his end of the rope from his harness, i unclipped the draw and swung out over the gully 20 feet above him now. with the weight of my body on the rope he was able to lower me and about ten feet off the ground the end of the rope came through the belay device and i fell onto some rocks and knocked the wind outta myself lucky i didnt break anything. i know we fucked up we have both been climbing for 5 years and just made a stupid rushed decision as it was beginning to rain. use ur head out there and i hope this message serves to make someones climbing adventure safer. after the news of ben and laura last fall we cant afford anymore accidents in the rrg, i hope if anyone else has any close calls they post them because i would hate this to happen to someone else to because i was to proud to admit to the climbing community that i fucked up. one last thing we were using a 60meter and i tied into my rope about 25 feet from the end using a locking biner and a figure eight on a bight, and we were climbing with two smoking hot nurses from Colorado. so my ego was bruised more then my ribs and im sure they had a good laugh when they got back into their car,

thanks for reading - pablo
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Post by Crankmas »

what were their signs?
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Post by Shamis »

Congrats on surviving.

I try to force myself to slow down anytime I'm tempted to make a quick decision when doing anything out of the ordinary. It has saved me a couple times.
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Post by pigsteak »

I had put cleaning biners on bolt four of amarillo sunset three seperate times right after bolting it, so the first draw could be cleaned. for those chumps who stole those biners, I hope you are feeling guilty for pablo's mishap.
Positive vibes brah...positive vibes.
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Post by bcombs »

I thought they were bail biners! Besides, Pablo's mishap is a result of his partner being too weak to pull the rope through because of drag.
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Post by Brentucky »

bcombs wrote:I thought they were bail biners! Besides, Pablo's mishap is a result of his partner being too weak to pull the rope through because of drag.
just too bad kramp wasn't his partner! i've seen him sling himself to a bolt (2 slings actually), climb up, and then jump and grab the rope on the way down (all while I was pulling down below), and that was the most gratifying few inches of rope movement I hope to ever experience in my whole life! :)

it may not be super smart sounding, but considering the consequence of having to spoon one another all night to stay alive i think we made the right choice! :lol:
efil lanrete... i enjoy the sound, but in truth i find this seductively backward idea to be quite frightening
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Post by krampus »

Brentucky wrote:.......and that was the most gratifying few inches of rope movement I hope to ever experience in my whole life :o
Dude, I thought we agreed to keep that to ourselves :?
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Post by rhunt »

Can we move this thread to the "ongoing weekend idot report thread"?
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