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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:59 pm
by kato
No, but I bracketed my comment with the remark that it may not apply to this specific situation. But when you talk about an "approach to climbing" it seems that you are starting to talk about the general idea (e.g. of climbing outside an established line).
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:25 pm
by Meadows
schwagpad wrote:Top outs usually suck in the red, especially on something not intended to be summited.
I've seen a certain unnamed climber try to top out blade runner because someone was climbing Danita Dolores, which shares the same anchor. Hold broke, fell, swung into the other climber and knocked him off the route. Not cool.
I remember a gal awhile back tried to top out a route, which resulted in her first lead fall ever. And the consequence was a broken ankle - just the day after I broke mine.
Damn gumbies.
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:01 pm
by Rollo
i'm just glad the idiot report has emerged from the ashes... at least that dude who decked did something right. Good on ya mate!
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:06 pm
by krampus
I just hope to god he reads this
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:25 pm
by Crankmas
go do decay's way with some hexes and stoppers and then decide if climbing is right for you
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:09 pm
by rjackson
anticlmber wrote:darwin would be happy though.
+1
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:47 am
by jschnell
i was there for the accident at military, too. irony of the day: his name was cliff.
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:07 am
by cliftongifford
wasn't me...
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:12 pm
by krampus
Meadows wrote:Was he bald?
no, he was a pretty stocky early college aged looking guy. blond hair. He didn't seem to have much experience.
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:59 pm
by JR
Blond? I knew it!