Yet Another Reason to Sew it Up
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:36 pm
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Yet Another Reason to Sew it Up
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:46 pm
damn i can't believe he was alright!
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:46 pm
Way to not even place a directional... and I try to not place gear in suspect flakes...especially when they flare downwards. The good news is that bush broke his fall. That could've been ugly.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:53 pm
Notice how his belayer looks up at the camera and is laughing pretty hard. Evil.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:59 pm
And THAT'S why I want to learn gear placement from someone who knows how to place "bomber" gear, when I start leading Trad. I don't want stuff yanking out of the wall when I weight it from knee level. And if I was climbing with someone and they laughed like his friend did as I took a 20' fall backwards, I'd never talk to the person again, let alone climb with them. Laughing at a fall if you walk away is ok, once everything checks out, but, during and immediately after? Jeez...and people say I'M harsh.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:09 pm
Mistake #1 - No helmet.
Mistake #2 - No directional anchor (As already pointed out).
Where did that boy learn to climb?
Mistake #2 - No directional anchor (As already pointed out).
Where did that boy learn to climb?
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:12 pm
he is in australia they don't wear cheesy helmets there
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:00 pm
I remember reading in a mountain biking bike once about people not wearing helmets: they needed to be comfortable with mom feeding them cream of wheat the rest of their cheesy lives. 8)
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:10 pm
Jeeeeeeez! That was painful to watch... *shudder*
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:55 pm
Ahh... sport climbing and stick clips 
