Who got hurt?

Post by **SCIN** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 1:50 pm

So, everyone at working is talking about a climber who is in the hospital due to a fall at the Red this weekend. Anyone have any info? Was it really a climber or another hiker?

Post by **chriss** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 1:58 pm

I have heard that it was actually a climber, but i have not been able to find any information.

Post by **Crankmas** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 2:22 pm

Local Lex news this morning said an injuried climber was airlifted out after apparently zipping some pro at Fortress, perhaps one of those Chicago climbers placed a faulty Nobel prize they feel they are all associated with, We won, we won barf

Post by **climbhigh** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 2:37 pm

Word around Miquels last night was that his rope was cut during a lead fall. No one really knew the whole story.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 2:44 pm

From the Lexington Herald-Leader online today, http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleade ... 336695.htm:

MAN INJURED IN CLIMBING ACCIDENT

A man who was rock rappelling fell about 50 feet yesterday morning at Red River Gorge in Menifee County, Sheriff Rodney L. Coffey said. The 22-year-old man, whose name was not released, had an apparent equipment malfunction while rappelling at 9 a.m. about seven miles from Frenchburg, Coffey said. The man was flown by helicopter to University of Kentucky Hospital, where his condition was unavailable last night. An Ohio man died at Red River Gorge on Nov. 16 when he fell 150 feet while camping.

This could mean anything. I hope he will be okay.

Post by **kentuckysarah** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 2:45 pm

I heard something about him having a punctured lung and some other major injury

Post by **Steve** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 3:57 pm

Never heard anything about the ax until we were on our way home. Hope the guy heals up and we can gather some detail as to what happened. Word was Ch 18 had a reader at 6 Sunday on the ax, so who knows what sort of info was spewed forth. Something about it happening at Fortress Ridge and the guy being from IL.

Post by **merrick** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:32 am

As far as I know, he was a University of Illinois student from Champaigne. I heard that he took a fifty foot ground fall at Fortress and suffered a concusion and a punctured lung.

His gear was dropped off at MIguels for him to pick up or something...

i would like to hear the full story.

Post by **Jeff** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:01 am

Damn,
We were climbing amoungst that group from Ill on Sat at Global.

Post by **andy_lemon** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 1:01 am

Anybody have a clue what route he was on?