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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:13 pm
by toad857
Clevis Hitch wrote:You guys don't understand! If we don't come up with some sort of governing body to enforce proper techniques, the land managers will shut down all climbing in the state.
big government's your thing, huh? never knew.
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:45 pm
by the lurkist
give the governor a ha-rumph!
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:59 pm
by Rotarypwr345704
Oh Clevis, how I enjoy your rants about nothing. Let's say your brilliant idea goes through. No more new rope sells in Kentucky. Out of the 6 ropes I have owned in my climbing career, I have bought how many? Oh that's right, not a single one from the great state of Kentucky. I usually buy them online. Your idea, while I understand where you're coming from, will never work. It's kind of like Obamacare.
Now and better idea would be to start educating the masses (the general public) as to what climbing is, and the inhereted dangers, and the fact that we know these, etc, blah blah blah. So that when the inevitable accident happens there is not such an uproar (if that were to even happen) from the oblivious. We can educate them so that they are able to see these accidents as we see them, unfortunate accidents.
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:38 pm
by dustonian
I think Clevis is tooling you guys with his ever-subtle brand of sarcasm.
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:54 pm
by clif
wouldn't it be easier to support the National Park Services' first instinct?
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:27 am
by jordancolburn
dustonian wrote:I think Clevis is tooling you guys with his ever-subtle brand of sarcasm.
Something about him is subtle
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:26 pm
by bcombs
I read more of the thread on RC.com last night. The climber in this accident was very experienced and as more details come out, I'm shocked this happened. Don't be complacent, check your set up, then check it again. Then weight it and check it again. You are at the anchors so you either sent or gathered more beta, mission accomplished. So spend an extra 1 minute to stay alive.
Someone said it in another thread that we want this type of stuff to be gumby mistakes. It just isn't this time and that is scary as shit.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:59 pm
by Andrew
There are three things that I do in my cleaning that would have eliminated this accident.
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:07 pm
by captain static
Andrew wrote:There are three things that I do in my cleaning that would have eliminated this accident.
And you're not going to tell us what these things are?
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:12 pm
by kato
bcombs wrote:we want this type of stuff to be gumby mistakes.
What do you mean exactly? Surely not what it sounds like...