My longest fall to date!

Post by **SCIN** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 2:07 am

Man, not to change the subject but I have a good cleaning story. I was cleaning this steep route and while batmanning in on the rope the skin on my arm got caught between the biner and the rope. I started screaming because it hurt so bad. My weight on the rope was stretching the skin out about 3 inches. I couldn't do anything. I was just hanging there on the rope screaming and looking at my stretch armstrong skin. I was just about to rip it out and deal with the huge patch of lost skin when I decided to reach over with my other arm to the rope and do a one-arm pullup to take the weight off.

I still have a scar from it. It was probably one of the scariest climbing experiences I've ever had!

Post by **Canuck** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 3:33 am

Yeah, I had that happen before. I was toproping in a gym and when I got to the top my big burly belayer yarded in all the slack and lifted me up 2 feet, right into the chains. It pinched the skin on the inside of my elbow. I ripped it out and lost a little chunk of skin, and a half-inch of skin around it turned black for a few days and died, so I've got a nice scar now. Not so much scary as really, really painful. Now, getting hit by lightning is scary!

Post by **Danny** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 7:31 am

I had a new falling experience Saturday. I've always wondered if my belayer would catch me if I fell when I was completely out of site. Well I was completely out of site and took a 30 footer out of a wet offwidth on a #4 and lived so I guess it works even when they can't see you.

Post by **loren** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 3:58 pm

shit danny! A 30 footer out of a wet offwidth. Maybe if you'd had your hat you wouldn't have fallen.

I'll leave your book and a check for 99 cents at the gym.

Post by **ynot** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:03 pm

Head jams arent as painfull with his hat.Im onto his secret for hard ass offwith.

Post by **Danny** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 12:52 am

Are you kidding -- I can get some killer friction with that bald head of mine. Hats always just come down over my eyes so I can't see. When the going gets tough the hat goes sailing. I've had a few mini-epics trying to retrieve the darn thing.

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 11:14 pm

man you are a bleep bleep goodguy. i take 40 ft. groundfalls for fun. eat bleep with your precious little bleepin sport climb falls.

Post by **Wes** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 11:28 pm

Dude, you both are such bleepies. I take longer falls then that getting the bleep out of bed in the morning.

Wes

Post by **goodguy** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 1:57 am

All right, all right. If it helps at all I took a couple 25footers on B3 today up at long wall. I just had a hell of a time figuring out that move before the roof, and then I found those damn crimpers!

Post by **SCIN** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:36 am

Did you take a nice long nap on the ledge before the dihedral? I did.