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It's okay, charlie...
We're all not as perfect as we think we are.

Ray and I have both given each other some bad catches. Nothing that hurt us but some that makes us look at each other like, "What's up with that?!?". But we climb together all the time so we're bound to have some not-so-perfect belays. It's just the percentages.

ive had a few good belayer save my life a few times, but i have never really had a really bad catch that i can remember. hell half the time my belayers are drunk or high and they dont drop me.

I have never dropped anybody, but I have been dropped 3 times. Once I hit the ground from about 25 feet up and the belayer responded that he didn't think that I was going to fall.

charlie wrote:This would be an excellent opportunity for my peeps to applaud my spotting/belaying abilities cause even though I don't think I've ever blown a spot, Sonia and Matt seem to make me question myself.

And no, I was not on belay when the guy hit the deck at the motherlode.

charlie, You have never missed a spot for me that I can remember. And that one time belay issue was a "no harm, no foul" thing, so that is all good.

BTW, thanks for the software hookup.

So what happened with the guy at the Lode?

Artsay wrote:It's okay, charlie...We're all not as perfect as we think we are....

Am too!

Thanks Wes.

Joel, don't you understand this thread is all about me, me, me? Sheesh.

Paul3eb wrote:

RRO wrote:Charllie is the king of "Southern Spots" but we love him anyway.

so that's what he's doing when he should be spotting..

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Just look at the pic... Charlie always catches when we boulder

I pay very close attention to climbers and belayers as they tie in and rig the belay. Very few climbers check their belayers and I rarely see a belayer check to see that the climber has tied in properly or that his buckle is doubled back.

Ultra wrote:SO WHAT HAPPENED!!!

Does anyone have any info on this accident before this thread is hijacked?

Rick