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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:39 pm
by Brentucky
KD wrote:got distracted and forgot to completely tie-in once - was able to clip direct to a bolt and remedy. gotta follow proceedures same way every time
right on, but i don't recommend repeating that one! double check double check; i'm still in the process of teaching that to some of my superiors!
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:56 pm
by krampus
and be sure to point out any bolts that some stoned ass climber may have skipped.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:00 pm
by steep4me
A stoned-ass friend of mine forgot to finish his knot before getting on Convicted once. He had to clip himself to the 3rd bolt and remedy the situation. The funny (not funny ha ha, of course) thing was--he didn't even notice until we pointed it out! Same day--his climbing partner dropped a draw at the 5th bolt of Kick Me in the Jimmie and it almost landed on my head. Needless to say, I stayed away from them the rest of the day.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:53 pm
by caribe
krampus wrote:and be sure to point out any bolts that some stoned ass climber may have skipped.
Or climbers that are not stoned . . . eh Joel?
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:20 am
by woodchuck008
ahab wrote:woodchuck008 wrote:300 footer, seriously. June '79.
the devil's in the details. do tell.
?? I thought I did above. Tetons. Free fall for 60ft, slide and tumble down steep snow/ice slope for the next 250'. Self arrest via ice axe was semi successful if you ignore the head and body beating injuries the tool provided.
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:19 pm
by caribe
woodchuck008 wrote:ahab wrote:woodchuck008 wrote:300 footer, seriously. June '79.
the devil's in the details. do tell.
?? I thought I did above. Tetons. Free fall for 60ft, slide and tumble down steep snow/ice slope for the next 250'. Self arrest via ice axe was semi successful if you ignore the head and body beating injuries the tool provided.
You still did not tell. Break out the prose. Weave a verbal tapestry. Think Dashiell Hammett or even George Lucas . . . "In a galaxy far far away . . . " Bring language to life man. This accident sounds epic.
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:03 pm
by woodchuck008
Oh that part is in a chapter of my latest book. I"ll sell it on Amazon one of these days.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:37 pm
by goosey
I've been climbing for about a year and the worst thing that I've seen was a guy on to defy the laws of tradition...he had his foot around the rope and was reaching for a bolt and fell...i think he was at the last bolt before the anchors...anywho he turned upside down and hit his head on the wall...lots of blood but he was fine.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:44 pm
by schwagpad
Can the nine or more crowd reveal themselves so I can avoid climbing anywhere near you.
Maybe a more telling number would be the number of near misses divided by the number of routes climbed.
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:49 pm
by schwagpad
Oh, here's my story. TRed a 90 foot 5.12 onsight. Yelled take and began to sit back but felt something weird and grabbed back on. Knot came undone (probably didn't tie it all the way, but I really don't know), rope fell to the ground. Topped out the climb. 1)Felt embarassed 2)Got scared and cried for thirty minutes 3) tied back in and climbed another route.