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Clevis Hitch wrote:I'm cool...I had to make like I was a Canadian to save face. It's hard being by yourself and looking for belay victims at roadside....

Eh?

a "puddle" of dried blood, is that like having a dead cat in the living room?

This is John May (member of the Wolfe County SAR team). We were asked to respond to this incident. The man that fell was not actually rock climbing as originally reported. He was walking the trail at the bottom of the cliff, slipped and hit his head. The 911 call reported that a climber had fallen 15-20ft which was not the case. The WC SAR team would also like to thank all of the climbers that volunteered helping us evac this person to the awaiting ambulance.

Thanks for the update John.

chester wrote:It was a guy named Joe from Ontario who came down by himself and just hooked up with whomever he could find to climb. He fell while on lead and decked...maybe Awol??? Not sure about the route. Not sure how high up he was but the people at the scene said he was talking and having a conversation. He ended up with about 12 stitches and possible concussion.

That is all I know.

so chester are you lying or were their two mishaps that day??

I dunno, I was just relaying what the climber who directly responded to the incident told me. He did indeed say that he was climbing and another person was belaying him and went on to say which route he thought the guy was on. He was right around the corner when it happened and this is what he told us. You would think that he would have noticed if the guy had a harness, rope and belayer with him.

you'd think that, right...