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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:00 am
by dbrayack
I blew clipping the anchors (two arm loads out) on Chainsaw once - that was a good one...
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:10 am
by krampus
I'm kinda embarest but I fell clipping the fourth of poopy head, flipped upside down and bumped heads with my belayer, i looked up the see the ground 4 feet from my head. If my belayer could have calmed down I would have gotten back up and made the send.
Otherwise, 20 to 30 footers are not that uncommon. Actually, I had my first piece of gear blow last sunday, that made for an interesting fall.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:59 am
by the lurkist
I jumped from the top of Skin Boat having skipped the last one and fell below my belayer.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:43 am
by Wes
the lurkist wrote:I jumped from the top of Skin Boat having skipped the last one and fell below my belayer.
Nice!
Broke a hold at the anchors special boy with two arms of slack and went about 62 feet on a 70 foot route. Meet the belayer at the first bolt.
Gone 50+ a couple more times from the top of some of the other routes, but was usually much higher up, so still was 30+ feet from the ground.
The big air rides are not all that scary, but the slabbly, swing around an aerate (henr-ry, prime directive), etc. ones, while maybe only 15 or so feet, are way more invigorating.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:56 am
by gregkerzhner
How about the fall that ashtray takes when he comes down off his daily morning nicotine-thc-caffeene-rasberry smoothie?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:40 pm
by dbrayack
Wes wrote:the lurkist wrote:I jumped from the top of Skin Boat having skipped the last one and fell below my belayer.
Nice!
Broke a hold at the anchors special boy with two arms of slack and went about 62 feet on a 70 foot route. Meet the belayer at the first bolt.
Gone 50+ a couple more times from the top of some of the other routes, but was usually much higher up, so still was 30+ feet from the ground.
The big air rides are not all that scary, but the slabbly, swing around an aerate (henr-ry, prime directive), etc. ones, while maybe only 15 or so feet, are way more invigorating.
You actually took that Fall on "Oh Henry"?
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:44 pm
by Wes
Oh yeah, swinging sideways around the aerate, just over the head of the belayer. Exciting for sure, but falling on Prime directive is even *better*! Since you get to slide down a slab, swing around an aerate, and pass under a roof. Highly recommended to get the blood going.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:54 pm
by p0bray01
In Response to anticlimbr...I am not sure what the question was...but what happened to me was I fell horizontally...and I think thats the reason I didn't deck...but for all practical purposes....I decked. I mean when I went to stand up I went from laying supine to a squatted position...
I have yet to blow any pieces while climbing trad...and am thankful for that. They say if you survive your first year of trad you are ok....well I have almost made it. I do agree with Wes though...pendulum falls on slabs suck. Even if they arent far. I got the most beat up working a slab/low angle routes where I would fall...say...6-10 feet. That and I had an older rope that just didn't want to give like it used to.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:09 pm
by Toy
In Response to anticlimbr...I am not sure what the question was...but what happened to me was I fell HORIZONTALLY...and I think thats the reason I didn't deck
Now that is a cool trick! No wonder you didn't hit the ground
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:10 pm
by Josephine
biggest sport fall to date was on Girls Gone Wild - WOOOOOO!!!
well i didn't sound quite like that - but i sure screamed loud enough for everyone to hear!
maybe 30 feet - maybe more. i went from bolt 6 to landing a bit above bolt 2 - so however far that is. not nearly as far as others - but far enough to get the blood flowing as wes would say.