NRG Kaymoor Area Accident
NRG Kaymoor Area Accident
The facts are slim but apparently a 33 year old woman died over the weekend at Kaymoor, 50 foot fall from anchors. Link on rockclimbing.com-
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Wow--that thing about the Petzl rubber band things is really scary. Never thought of using one on a sling, but I could see why someone would. Crazy how it could look secure, but the fail suddenly. It's just like being backclipped, until someone shows you how dangerous it is, you wouldn't think anything of it. That is so sad that a woman died in this situation.
Hauling a big ego up a route adds at least a full grade.
- Clevis Hitch
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- michaelarmand
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Wow, great thing to learn. I use a lot of slings like these, I will definitely keep rubber bands off them.
The one thing that doesn't make sense is that she went indirect with 2 slings, right? It seems pretty unlikely that BOTH of them would be like this without being noticed.....
The one thing that doesn't make sense is that she went indirect with 2 slings, right? It seems pretty unlikely that BOTH of them would be like this without being noticed.....
I've been a gumby longer than you've been climbing.
- Clevis Hitch
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I have used slings with rubber bands for years and never had it happen to a sling even once. Of course I took my time and always weighted my anchors slow. Given a long enough time line I suppose that it would be possible. Both at once is truely unlucky.
If you give a man a match, he'll be warm for a minute. If you set him on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
It more than likely happened before she even left the ground. To save time at the top, she probably girth hitched her slings before she started climbing the route. When she went to clip them to the back side of her harness there was enough slack in the sling that she clipped thru the sling and onto her gear loop. Didn't notice it when she clipped in at the top.
[size=84]Women are like tea bags. They don't know how strong they are until they get into hot water.[/size]