I don't even know how many that makes this year. I'd like to start a discussion on what can be done to reduce the amount of accidents this route sees.
thanks,
lee
another deck on TROCS
another deck on TROCS
Can't we all just get along?
Yeah, I was at Scissors and heard the dreaded "thud" followed by excited voices and moaning.
Quickly ran over towards trocs expecting a repeat of last Sunday.
Saw a group of guys helping the guy that decked to stand up. He was on his knees and pretty rattled.
When I could see them from under the waterfall, I yelled out if they were ok?
They said yes and 10 - 15 minutes later you could hear everyone re-hashing what had happened.
Stick clipping is smart.
Quickly ran over towards trocs expecting a repeat of last Sunday.
Saw a group of guys helping the guy that decked to stand up. He was on his knees and pretty rattled.
When I could see them from under the waterfall, I yelled out if they were ok?
They said yes and 10 - 15 minutes later you could hear everyone re-hashing what had happened.
Stick clipping is smart.
it really sucks that this is happening, my thoughts go out to the people that have been hurt for sure, being hurt is not a fun place to be in.
its been a long time since i have been on that climb but i dont remember it being that bad to start. plenty of other climbs in the area and the region are as bad or worse.
even in sport climbing you just cant make the sport 100% safe. and in all reality thats a huge piece/draw of the sport. it takes mind and body and the ability to analyze the situation.
people need to learn their limitations, the art of being able to make a stick clip out of nothing , knowing when to use them, knowing you may be over your head, when to back off and "how to do the math".
climb safe folks and watch out for each other
its been a long time since i have been on that climb but i dont remember it being that bad to start. plenty of other climbs in the area and the region are as bad or worse.
even in sport climbing you just cant make the sport 100% safe. and in all reality thats a huge piece/draw of the sport. it takes mind and body and the ability to analyze the situation.
people need to learn their limitations, the art of being able to make a stick clip out of nothing , knowing when to use them, knowing you may be over your head, when to back off and "how to do the math".
climb safe folks and watch out for each other
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I remember the start requiring a bit of balance and it seemed to stay a bit wet. I think local ethic is pretty stick clip friendly but I've seen some people visiting who are steadfast against them. We had to tell a guy getting on Fuzzy that "we'll let you use our stick clip but we're not helping carry you out if you get hurt because you don't use it". apparently it was against his "ethic" or something. he ended up stick clipping and falling about 5 times before he got the start.
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